Rashidah Salam Quotes & Sayings

You leave that life out there," he said, motioning to the street. "You cross the threshold of your home and that's it. Don't bring any of that into your home. Ever. — Frank Lucas

Having a place means that you know what a place means ... what it means in a storied sense of myth, character and presence but also in an ecological sense ... Integrating native consciousness with mythic consciousness — Gary Snyder

She sins with poets through pure love of wit — Alexander Pope

Maybe the package comes in a different shape than we originally thought it would. — Susane Colasanti

As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer. — Toni Morrison

But the truth is that no person ever understands another, from beginning to end of life, there is no truth that can be known, only the story we imagine to be true, the story they really believe to be true about themselves; and all of them lies. — Orson Scott Card

Power. The word fixed in my mother's mind like a curse. In America, it had generally remained hidden from view until you dug beneath the surface of things; until you visited an Indian reservation or spoke to a black person whose trust you had earned. But here power was undisguised, indiscriminate, naked, always fresh in the memory. — Barack Obama

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers. — Socrates

We only need to open our eyes to see the gifts that abound all around us. These are the simple joys in life. — Genevieve Gerard

My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me. — Penelope Cruz

One of the most frequent responses I get from non-Christian readers is: 'I'm not sure I agree with all this, but I must say this is the first book I've read by a Christian that didn't treat me like I was an idiot.' — Timothy Keller