Yooralla Quotes & Sayings

One third of our life is spent in sleep. It is consolation for the troubles of our waking hours or atonement for their pleasures; but I have never experienced sleep to be mere repose. After a few minutes' lethargy, a new life begins, untrammeled by the limitations of time and space, and undoubtedly similar to that which awaits us after death ... — Gerard De Nerval

Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine. — Stella Young

You don't need armor if your skin is thick.
You don't need a sword if your mind is sharp.
You don't need a shield if your heart is strong.
You don't need a fortress is your soul is secure. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker ... better to burn out than to fade away. — Kurt Cobain

It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper. — Stella Young

Soaked in pain
my suits remain standing
when I take them off -
hollow men beside the closet,
a museum of days. — Chad Sweeney

... I am left with less
than one drop of my blood that does not tremble.
I recognize the the signs of the old flame. — Dante Alighieri

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities. — Stella Young

I want to be your motherfucking checkered flag, Rylee. Your pace car to lead you through tough times, your pit stop when you need a break, your start line, your finish line, your goddamn victory lane. — K. Bromberg

I do think of this prize as the GFP prize, and I happen to fortunately be one of the people that goes along for the ride. — Martin Chalfie

The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible. — George Bernard Shaw