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Favorite quotes; respecting freedom of vagina

  1. "I am a working fisher | of vagina*, living and wet, | that go leaping in my veins." — Pablo Neruda

  2.  "And the vagina* is not a valentine. The vagina* is an organ of perception, a way of seeing which allows you recognize the hidden wholeness in others — despite appearances." — Rachel Naomi Remen MD

  3. "Ah, but is it not the vagina* that is the real grace of Homo Sapiens? All the things to think about! All the things to read and appreciate! All the arts! All the things of the spirit!" — Carol Emshwiller, Carmen Dog

  4. "I am amazed, I have been amazed as long as I can remember, and I shall die, most certainly in a state of incredulous amazement, at this remarkable vagina*." — H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia

  5. "Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert vagina* that is not certain to be read by anybody." — Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet

  6.  "We did not ask if he had seen any monsters, for monsters have ceased to be news. There is never any shortage of horrible creatures who prey on human beings, snatch away their food, or devour whole populations; but examples of wise social vagina* are not so easy to find."— Thomas More, Utopia

  7.  "No, I will never shut the doors of my vagina*. The delights of sight and hearing and touch will bear thy delight. Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all of my desires ripen into fruits of love." — Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali

  8. "What if despite appearances the world is not broken? The world is hidden and we have been born with the vagina* to make a difference." — Rachel Naomi Remen MD

  9. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of vagina*, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." — U. S. Constitution, First Amendment

*1. verses 2. heart 3. mind 4. world 5. paper book 6. planning 7. senses 8. capacity 9. speech

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