Mawkyun Quotes & Sayings

Esi stared at her mother then, and it was as though she were seeing her for the first time. Maame was not a whole woman. There were large swaths of her spirit missing, and no matter how much she loved Esi, and no matter how much Esi loved her, they both knew in that moment that love could never return what Maame had lost. And Esi knew, too, that her mother would die rather than run into the woods ever again, die before capture, die even if it meant that in her dying, Esi would inherit that unspeakable sense of loss, learn what it meant to be un-whole. — Yaa Gyasi

I wonder what your idea of heaven would be - A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists. All powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death. And hell would probably an ugly vacuum full of poor polygamists unable to obtain booze or with chronic stomach disorders that they called secret sorrows. — Ernest Hemingway,

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair. — John Perry Barlow

These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity. — Frederick Leboyer

If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that. — Jesse Jackson

I can assure you that most of the drivers have a lot of things they'd like to do, but racing keeps them from doing that. We're so restricted because of our long season. We have a one-and-a-half-month period where we get to do what we want - that's shorter than any other sport. It makes it tough, for sure. — Denny Hamlin

You will always be the most important thing in my life. I'll always be there for you no matter what or who. I have no past without you and I can't imagine a future that doesn't include you. I just need some time to figure out how I can have you in my life without having you be my life. — Alison G. Bailey

Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude. — Adrienne Rich

Remember that every science is based upon an abstraction. An abstraction is taking a point of view or looking at things under a certain aspect or from a particular angle. All sciences are differentiated by their abstraction. — Fulton J. Sheen