"Listening is the process of creating meaning in the speaker."

“I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Source : Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1974). “The Victoria Woodhull Reader”, Weston, Mass. : M&S Press

“The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history.”

“In an economy where the only certainty is uncertainty, the one sure source of lasting competitive advantage is knowledge.”

“That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact.”

“Every part of our personality that we do not love will become hostile to us.”

“Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.”

“Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.”

“And Annie showed me how ailanthus trees grow under subway and sewer gratings, stretching toward the sun, making shelter in the summer, she said, laughing, for the small dragons that live under the streets.”

Source : Nancy Garden (2017). “Annie on My Mind”, p.61, Open Road Media