Shigrima Quotes & Sayings

You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them. — Martial

The library (in the migrant community) I grew up in was my only link to the outside world. — Luis Valdez

Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you ... you are -we all are-the beloved of the beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life , the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is. — Rumi

(Cabbages were a Kel idiosyncrasy. They were adamant about their spiced cabbage pickles.) Appearance-wise — Yoon Ha Lee

All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake. — Jean Rhys

Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance. On — James Joyce

An obsession is a defense against feeling out of control. A compulsion is the failure of that defense. — Jill Alexander Essbaum

You cannot blame everything on the enemy. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Convince a man that he is an animal, that his own dignity and selfrespect are delusions, that there is no 'beyond' to aspire to, no higher potential self to achieve, and you have a slave. Let a man know he is himself, a spiritual being, that he is capable of the power of choice and has the right to aspire to greater wisdom and you have started him up a higher road. — L. Ron Hubbard

A rocket is an experiment; a star is an observation. — Jose Bergamin