Discomfitingly Quotes & Sayings

Does the open wound in another's breast soften the pain of the gaping wound in our own? Or does the blood which is welling from another man's side staunch that which is pouring from our own? Does the general anguish of our fellow creatures lessen our own private and particular anguish? No, no, each suffers on his own account, each struggles with his own grief, each sheds his own tears. — Alexandre Dumas

Skip perfection. A lame drawing is better than no drawing. — Danny Gregory

I'm a crumbled up piece of paper lying here, 'cause I remember it all too well — Taylor Swift

One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog. — Milarepa

God Tris, are you even human? — Veronica Roth

If nothing changed, nothing would ever come to exist. — Brandon Sanderson

The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was a mullah whose understanding of religion didn't go beyond parroting what he had heard from the next mullah. A mullah without a beard, a mullah in a four-star general's uniform, a mullah with the instincts of a corrupt tax inspector. — Mohammed Hanif

The theoretical frameworks we bring to our praxis and our own experiences as scholars of color coalesce with a fundamental assumption in ACL, that identity is central to our praxis as leaders, and that our work as scholars advocating for increased diversity of leadership in spaces of higher learning is very much informed by our own identities. — Lorri Santamaria

Our collective memories are welcoming places, and one image, that of Jesus, has absorbed and appropriated elements of other traditions and aspirations in order to shape our communal remembering. — Neil MacGregor

He was young and tall, his hair was the color of fresh corn, his fingers were as thick as cigars, and he had his clarinet with him. — Peter Baida