Themthat Quotes & Sayings

Reading yourself as a fiction as well as a fact is the only way to keep the narrative open
the only way to stop the story running away under its own momentum, often towards an ending no one wants. — Jeanette Winterson

The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most ofthemlabour the greater part oftheir time for mere subsistence; and the scanty portion of freedomwhich remains to themso troubles themthat they use every exertion to get rid ofit. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people. — Cornel West

There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run. — Gwendolyn Brooks

When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don't get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help. — Lori Goodwin

When working out, play your favorite music loudly for an extra boost of energy. — Robert Cheeke

We are trying to find something to feel the void. It is only God who can fill the void. — Lailah Gifty Akita

From two ears that had grown side by side, the grains of one shot up joyfully into the light, projecting themselves into the future, and the grains from the other lay still in the earth and rotted; and nobody knew why. — Willa Cather