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1 " You see what you think you see. You find what you look for. If you can’t imagine it, it won’t happen for you. "
― Andrea Hairston , Mindscape
2 " Who knows what will be true tomorrow? "
3 " Recommend: Live well, live poetry, live science. "
4 " We believe in prayer, in the power of words to transform reality,” Thandiwe said. “The mind feasts on metaphors. "
5 " According to the Romans: Ars est celare artem—the nature of art is to conceal, but I think art’s about revealing, showing us what we couldn’t see in what we always see. "
6 " Life is by nature creative, drawn to novelty, driven by challenge, grounded in history. "
7 " Old age ain’t for sissies. "
8 " Aboru, Aboye, Aboşişe. May what we offer carry, be accepted, may what we offer bring about change.” The old Yoruba words "
9 " Time and space are modes by which we think, and not conditions in which we live. Albert Einstein "
10 " Loving yourself when you’re down and dirty is hard, but loving yourself into the next transformation, that’s the real trick. "
11 " Was für ein Wunder ist das Leben!” Awa brushed icy lips against Elleni’s bruised forehead, then pushed her out into the gathering darkness. “Don’t let the miracles catch you off guard. "
12 " If the universe spoke the whole truth to us, our minds would explode. "
13 " People be past masters at imaginin’ the end of the world—Armageddon, Ragnarök, Götterdämmerung, Apocalypse Now, the Big Crunch—doom and gloom in the twilight of the Gods—but folk’re hard put to imagine a new day where we get on with each other, where we tear it up but keep it real. Why is that? It’s an ole question, but I gotta keep askin’. —Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind "
14 " I shouldn’t be a colonized woman livin’ insida somebody else’s story, need to write my own story. "
15 " We have what Martha Graham has called “blood memory” that transcends those things that can be put into words and must instead be understood in the marrow of the bones, the rhythm of the heart, the fullness of the womb. Pearl Cleage "
16 " Was der Bauer nicht kennt, das frißt er nicht. What the farmer doesn’t know, he won’t eat. "
17 " Celestina said to “name” the universe that supports our best selves. If I understand her, that means you should define your world and resist others who would confine you in theirs. "
18 " Competition is savage. What story hasn’t been told a billion times? We don’t have unlimited thrills and spills to offer. Probably boil it down to six or seven plots. The ancients had virgin territory to mark with genius—they didn’t face an audience glutted on spectacle and addicted to hype. Fart and it was a great insight back then. "