"There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive."

-- August Kleinzahler

#Moving Quotes #Loss Quotes #Motherhood Quotes

“Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.”
“I feel that when I am painting, it is a form of worship. I see how wonderful nature is and how wonderful art is... and by trying to produce these works of art, I feel that I am just showing my appreciation of these creations.”
“Who's they?" He wanted to know. "Who, specifically, do you think is trying to murder you?" "Every one of them," Yossarian told him. "Every one of whom?" "Every one of whom do you think?" "I haven't any idea." "Then how do you know they aren't?" "Because..." Clevinger sputtered, and turned speechless with frustration. Clevinger really thought he was right, but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all.”
“The solution may be for a lot of the world's problems is to turn around and take a forward step. You can't just keep trying to make a flawed system work.”
“Quite frankly, Barack Obama knows what it's like to pay a mortgage and student loans. He knows what it's like to watch a beloved family member in a medical crisis and worry that treatment is out of reach. Barack Obama knows our struggles. And, my friends, he shares our values.”

Source : "Ted Strickland Speech Text: Read The Former Governor’s DNC Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.
“Well maybe it is stupid, but it's also dumb!”
“Weâ€™ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesnâ€™t. â€¦ I want to live in a world where we donâ€™t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning.”
“Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.”

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