My Mama moved among the days
like a dreamwalker in a field;
seemed like what she touched was hers
seemed like what touched her couldn’t hold…
— Lucille Clifton from poem My Mama Moved Among The Days
- I Myself Have Never Been Able To Find Out Precisely What Feminism IsI myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. — Rebecca West
- We Loved With A Love That Was More Than LoveWe loved with a love that was more than love. — Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
- Instead Of Focusing On What If, Ground Yourself In What Isyou cannot build a deep connection with someone who is disconnected from themselves. — Yung Pueblo from Clarity & Connection it is easy to get lost in the infinite space of hypotheticals instead of focusing too much on what if ground yourself in what is — Yung Pueblo from The Way Forward
- If You Can Fall In Love Again And Again, You’ve Got It Half LickedIf you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked. — Henry Miller
- Because Anger Too Is WeaknessBecause anger too is weakness, as much as breaking down and giving up the struggle. Both are deserters: the man who breaks and runs, and the one who lets himself be alienated from his fellow humans. — Marcus Aurelius from Meditations 11.9 (Hays)