"I had been really obsessed with Jonestown for a long time - many years - and had read everything there was to read about it, seen all the footage and the documentaries. I found it really chilling in a personal way - the question of people submitting all their personal power and agency and independent thought it the name of a group or ideology. I could not find a way to write about it directly that didn't feel too heavy."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Danzy Senna

#Writing Quotes #Independent Quotes #Long Quotes

“I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.”

Source : "'Love Story' Actress Ali McGraw: I Should Have Sought Alimony". www.foxnews.com. January 06, 2012.
“In a knowledge economy, natural selection favors organizations that can most effectively harness and coordinate collective intellectual energy and creative capacity.”
“Magic is what happens when you have encountered the Divine. It is the life-altering experiences of connecting to the divinity that dwells within yourself and in the world.”

Source : Phyllis Curott (2001). “Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic”, p.26, Harmony
“Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at?”
“I'm always studying and I've been doing it for a long time now.”
“When we understand the best way to achieve all our goals is to assist others in achieving their goals, we will find the key to lasting happiness.”
“I'm a long way from Ike Turner.”
“Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain”

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