We must all work in harmony with each other to stand up for what is right, to speak up for what is fair, and to always voice any corrections so that the ignorant become informed and justice is never ignored. Every time a person allows an act of ignorance to happen, they delay our progress … Continue reading Quote for Today: Suzy Kassem
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Quote for Today: Augusten Burroughs
I want to write something that means something to someone...that reminds them of what a second, a moment, really is...or that assures them that we are just as lost as they are. I want to write an emotion they are too fragile to let loose, so that my words can do the expression for them, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Augusten Burroughs
Quote for Today: Arundhati Roy
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different … Continue reading Quote for Today: Arundhati Roy
Quote for Today: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. ―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn … Continue reading Quote for Today: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Quote for Today: Sandra Cisneros
I was silent as a child, and silenced as a young woman; I am taking my lumps and bumps for being a big mouth, now, but usually from those whose opinion I don't respect. --Sandra Cisneros Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Charles Beaumont
The melody got lost, first off. Everything got lost, then, while that horn flew. It wasn't only jazz; it was the heart of jazz, and the insides, pulled out with the roots and held up for everybody to see; it was blues that told the story of all the lonely cats and all the ugly … Continue reading Quote for Today: Charles Beaumont
Quote for Today: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
And then there are the cravings.. Oh, la! A woman may crave to be near water, or be belly down, her face in the earth, smelling the wild smell. She might have to drive into the wind. She may have to plant something, pull things out of the ground or put them into the ground. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
