Famous quotes containing the words boston, red and/or caps:
“We have to give ourselvesmen in particularpermission to really be with and get to know our children. The premise is that taking care of kids can be a pain in the ass, and it is frustrating and agonizing, but also gratifying and enjoyable. When a little kid says, I love you, Daddy, or cries and you comfort her or him, life becomes a richer experience.”
—Anonymous Father. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Womens Health Book Collective, ch. 3 (1978)
“Its whether will ye be a rank robbers wife,
Or will ye die by my wee pen knife?
Its Ill not be a rank robbers wife,
But Ill rather die by your wee pen knife.
He s killed this may and he s laid her by,
For to bear the red rose company.”
—Unknown. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o Fordie (l. 914)
“... people were so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fools caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody elses were transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone were rosy.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)