Grimke Sisters Abolitionist Quotes & Sayings

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing. — Ernest Gaines

Like nightmares, dreams were insidious things, and didn't like being locked away. — Laini Taylor

Magic comprises the most profound contemplation of the most secret things, their nature, power, quality, substance, and virtues, as well as the knowledge of their whole nature. — Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

People have said, 'Let's build bridges,' and frankly, I want to do more than that. I would like break to the walls of ignorance between East and West. — Al-Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani

Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk - you secure him a bad night. — Florence Nightingale

Your mom should be taking care of you. Not the other way around. — Katie McGarry

Nor Time, nor Place, nor Chance, nor Death can bow/my least desires unto the least remove — Audrey Niffenegger

My son gave me the permission to accept my success. — Gary Burghoff

There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing, incomprehensible reality. It makes no sense at all because it is the eternal breaking in on the temporal. So how could it subordinate itself to cause or consequence? — Marilynne Robinson

DEDICATION To my computer: I couldn't have written this without you To the software developers responsible for spellcheck: You are my everyday heroes To Karen: I hope this makes you laugh and makes you proud. To my readers (all 3 of you): Thank you — Penny Reid

The way that people are watching TV is changing. The landscape of television is changing. Movies are becoming much more insular. They're like a walled garden, where you know what you're going to see and you expect it. But in the world of TV, because it's episodic, you can explore any area because you have time to do that. You can take risks on the kinds of storytelling that you're doing. — Seth Gabel

I can't live in the normal world,
I'm just chasing time
I belong in that endless whirl
The place where you're mine. — Alexandra Monir

I'm so much more famous than I am financially successful. — Roseanne Barr

If you don't make mistakes you can't make decisions. — Warren Buffett