"Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun, thaw feather and bone, take wing to fly you home?"

-- Ellen Hopkins

#Home Quotes #Wings Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.”
“The measure of my success is the measure of my happiness.”
“I'm the candidate who forgot to take off her hat before she threw it in the ring.”
“Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.”
“The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official American policy, with the wishes of a majority of its own citizens - and honor its own previous commitments - by accepting its legal borders. All Arab neighbors must pledge to honor Israel's right to live in peace under these conditions.”
“I understand that music is a business, but for people who have control of their stuff, like little Taylor and other artists, I think you'll find them standing up for their music every chance they get.”
“The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.”
“At the end of the day, women are expected to hold up the world, not annihilate it.”

Source : Kim Gordon (2015). “Girl in a Band”, p.109, Faber & Faber

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