Smarra Morgens Quotes & Sayings

Fixate on whole cultures, not specific pieces of poverty. No specific intervention is going to turn around the life of a child or an adult in any consistent way, but if you can surround a person with a new culture, and different web of relationships, then they will absorb new habits of thought and behavior in ways you will never be able to measure or understand. And if you do surround that person with a new, enriching culture, then you had better keep surrounding them with it, because if they slip back into a different culture, and most of the gains will fade away. — David Brooks

One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything. — Liya Kebede

Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist. — Elfriede Jelinek

Preston pulled me up against his chest and cupped my face in his hands. "I love you. I love you so damn much it consumes me. I don't deserve you, but I'm gonna become the man who does deserve you. I promise you. I'll make you proud of me."I reached up and ran my thumb over his lips. "I am and will always be proud of you. I want the world to know you're mine. — Abbi Glines

The pinpoints of starlight we see with the naked eye are photons that have been streaming toward us for a few years or a few thousand. — Brian Greene