"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't."

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Source : Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). “Conversations with Audre Lorde”, p.90, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Audre Lorde

#Fear Quotes #Women Quotes #Writing Quotes

“In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.”

Source : General Giulio Douhet (2014). “Command Of The Air”, p.51, Pickle Partners Publishing
“And therefore those skilled in war bring the enemy to the field of battle and are not brought there by him.”
“My Christian brethren, if the crowd of difficulties which stand between your souls and God succeed in keeping you away, all is lost. Right into the Presence you must force your way, with no concealment, baring the soul with all its ailments before Him, asking, not the arrest of the consequences of sin, but the cleansing of the conscience " from dead works to serve the living God," so that if you must suffer, you will suffer as a forgiven man.”
“At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1860). “The Money-king: And Other Poems”, p.171
“Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.”
“It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable”
“We went on tour with Phoenix. I don't really know anything about Phoenix I'd heard a couple songs. And I thought, I don't really know if I want to go on this, it's kind of weird, kind of a pain in the ***** for us. But everyone was like YOU HAVE TO DO IT, it's going to be so good for your career. And I mean I don't know if it was good for our career but the guys in the band were super huge sweethearts.”
“I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.”

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