Okoronkwo Oklahoma Quotes & Sayings

Brooklyn's too cold tonight
& all my friends are three years away.
My mother said I could be anything
I wanted - but I chose to live.
On the stoop of an old brownstone,
a cigarette flares, then fades.
I walk towards it: a razor
sharpened with silence.
A jawline etched in smoke.
The mouth where I'll be made
new again. Stranger, palpable
echo, here is my hand, filled
with blood thin as a widow's
tears. I am ready. I am ready
to be every animal
you leave behind. — Ocean Vuong

His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay. — Warsan Shire

I do not think that one is likely to write a good biography unless one feels some sympathy with its subject ... — Iris Origo

Ignorance is the root of everything that stands in the way of these attainments. Ignorance binds us to suffering; therefore ignorance has to be clearly identified. — Dalai Lama XIV

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly. — Ed Rendell

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people. — Sydney Schanberg