Joan Tollifson Quotes & Sayings

The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about. — Lydia Lunch

What was, was. The past defines itself. Historians refuse to accept that definition & instead superimpose their analysis of the past through the eyes of the present. Thus, history becomes a pale reflection of the present, while the true past is lost behind the reflected image presented by historians who would have us see what they believe, rather than what was. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

If your religion hasn't made you a better person, then it has failed you as a religion. — Immortal Technique

Long ago she had become more ambitious than feeling. She had fallen in love with images instead of living things. Except for Linh. — Tatjana Soli

You have to be willing to give a lot to be in a relationship with me because a lot of the time it's about me. — Martha Wainwright

Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece. — Erica Jong

The future has become uninhabitable. Such hopelessness can arise, I think, only from an inability to face the present, to live in the present, to live as a responsible being among other beings in this sacred world here and now, which is all we have, and all we need, to found our hope upon. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in. — Jane Alexander

Caution is always prudent. But we mustn't let fear pave the way of our feet." -Riyah — Jackie Castle