Paneron Quotes & Sayings

These neighborhood was our first home as a community but, once Italians began to gain status as "full" Americans, they moved out of the communities that they co-habited with other immigrants and people of color. The rootedness in this community shifted into a dissention of difference and of privilege. In order for Italian-Americans to mark their new social location under assumed "Whiteness," they had to make a physical move away from the marginal communities of color. The discussion ended in my favor but would mark the beginning of a long struggle of unpacking the internalized oppression and discrimination that marked my family's identity of "White"-working class-Italian-Americans learning to assimilate while keeping their hyphenated identity. Learning to build bridges between my different borders and my passions has been a continual process for me. — Lachrista Greco

There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons ... You'll wait and wait. — Susan Minot

What the rest of us see only under the influence of mescalin, the artist is congenitally equipped to see all the time. — Aldous Huxley

Less welcome to the people of Paneron is the STIFLER, a humid wind that brings the allergenic pollen of carp-weed bushes from nearby unpopulated islands. — Christopher Priest

For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise. — Dalai Lama

For decades we have been living lives of abundance, with little regard for our natural resources or global health. But we are now facing hard choices in our energy policy. Future generations - my children and grandchildren, along with yours - will have to live with the decisions we make today. And so it is time for us to make some tough and - hopefully - smart choices regarding our energy use and production before it is too late. — John McCain

Communicating with Cattle by I. Ken Moo — Various

If something happens to her because of you, your death will be my priority. — Anna Banks

People are already on Match and already going to Starbucks on first dates. — Sam Yagan

There are several ways to apportion the family income, all of them unsatisfactory. — Robert Benchley

Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble. — Swami Vivekananda

Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke. — Tracy Morgan

Life's struggles are necessary for growth. — Auliq Ice