Laderas Nursery Quotes & Sayings

We need a god who bleeds now
a god whose wounds are not
some small male vengeance
some pitiful concession to humility
a desert swept with dryin marrow in honor of the lord
we need a god who bleeds
spreads her lunar vulva & showers us in shades of scarlet
thick & warm like the breath of her
our mothers tearing to let us in
this place breaks open
like our mothers bleeding
the planet is heaving mourning our ignorance
the moon tugs the seas
to hold her/to hold her
embrace swelling hills/i am
not wounded i am bleeding to life
we need a god who bleeds now
whose wounds are not the end of anything — Ntozake Shange

Your role as their teacher is to let them know ahead of time that if Jesus can't handle a little partying, we all need a new Jesus. — Brad M. Griffin

But I'll do anything in my power to stop them from taking you away."
She took a shuddering breath, then let her eyes fall closed. "Promise?"
"Anything. As you said in Tokyo, we're meant to be together. — Scott Westerfeld

The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine. — Matthew Carter

There is nothing worse than grilled vegetables. — Julia Child

These sociopaths,' he said. 'What do they feel like? Inside?'
Isabel smiled. 'Unmoved,' she said. 'They feel unmoved. Look at a cat when it does something wrong. It looks quite unmoved. Cats are sociopaths, you see. It's their natural state. — Alexander McCall Smith

Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together. — William J. Clinton

I wield my spear in the name of justice! — Zhao Yun

Control is an unavoidable feature of human relationships; all that actually varies is the subtlety of the system of reinforcement. — Alfie Kohn

Your cynicism lies in your willing abuse of others to consolidate your superiority over them. My cynicism is in regard to humanity's wilful blindness with respect to its own extinction.'

'Without that wilful blindness there is naught but despair.'

'Oh, I am not that cynical. In fact, I do not agree at all. Maybe when the wilful blindness runs its inevitable course, there will be born wilful wisdom, the revelation of seeing things as they are.'

'Things? To which things are you referring, old man?'

'Why, that everything of true value is, in fact, free. — Steven Erikson

Theology is unnecessary. — Stephen Hawking

The best thing you can give yourselves ... is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live. — Paul Newman

You press on. We are who we are because of and in spite of our families. All we can do is learn from their mistakes. Use the strengths you inherited and overcome the weaknesses. — Michelle Pace

I'll come to save you as much as you want. I'll make you fall for me as much as you wish. — Usui Takumi

While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change. — Peter Ferrara