"Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn't have each other you had nothing."

-- Toni Morrison

#Mean Quotes #Black Quotes #Black Women Quotes

“...but when The Spirit speaks,â€”or beauty from the sky Descends into my being,â€”when I hear The storm-hymns of the mighty ocean roll, Or thunder sound,â€”the champion of the storm!â€” Then I feel envy for immortal words, The rush of living thought; oh! then I long To dash my feelings into deathless verse, That may administer to unborn time, And tell some lofty soul how I have lived A worshipper of Nature and of Thee!”
“Everything you need you already have.”
“We cannot eradicate global drug markets, but we can certainly regulate them as we have done with alcohol and tobacco markets. Drug abuse, alcoholism and tobacco should be treated as public health problems, not criminal justice issues.”

Source : "We have to find new solutions to Latin America's drugs nightmare" by Otto Pérez Molina, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.
“My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not”
“Feminism doesn't need re-branding. It names a problem and it is an uncomfortable truth for many”
“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?”
“Understanding comes with life. As a man grows he sees life and death, he is happy and sad, he works, plays, meets people - sometimes it takes a lifetime to acquire understanding, because in the end understanding simply means having sympathy for people.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rudolfo Anaya from Sep 11, 2015
“I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.”

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