“But forever was a useless term, relevant only for the dead.”— K. Martin Beckner Related Quotes “It was frankly sort of confusing, the way everyone stared at our bodies exactly as they tried to erase the ideas of our bodies from our minds. We were supposed to get over ourselves but no one was supposed to get over us. The female body was our worst handicap and our best advantage — the surest means to success, the surest course to failure. (p. 72)”— Hilary Thayer Hamann “You must be Independent, Independent, Independent – don’t talk so much but do more – go your own way and let your neighbour go his… Shake off all the props – the props tradition and authority give you – and go alone – crawl – stumble – stagger – but go alone.”— Charles Rennie Mackintosh “She carried a thousand lights inside her heart, and a thousand lights carried her.”— Vatsal Surti