"But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying."

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Source : "I Give You Back". Poem by Joy Harjo,

Joy Harjo

#Dying Quotes #Alive Quotes #I Am Alive Quotes

“The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.”
“Have you ever noticed when you start getting happy, you say, uh-uh, I'd better watch out. I feel too good. Something's going to happen”
“the urgent crowds out the essential.”

Source : Nan Fairbrother (1965). “The House”
“He's such a great kid and such a determined kid, and he's so strong.”
“It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.”
“I believe that we are all, openly or secretly, struggling against one or another kind of nihilism.”

Source : Ellen Willis (2011). “Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music”, p.65, U of Minnesota Press
“I can get through anything, any obstacle, after what I've been through.”
“It's crazy... without the Internet I would never be in this place... without YouTube and stuff. But also I wouldn't be here without any of my fans who supported me.”

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