"The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance."

-- Libba Bray

#Dream Quotes #Xenophobia Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“We live trapped, between the churned-up and examined past and a future that waits for our work.”
“The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.”
“A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.”
“Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected.”
“Everything is in how you are going to handle it. As a lifelong nightclub comic, I'm ready to handle whatever I have to handle.”
“Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.”
“we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.”
“When you talk about "white privilege", you're talking about something systemic. When you're talking about "black privilege" it's something spiritual because we as black people tap into a divine system that a lot of other cultures and races can't tap into and that system allows us to prosper in spite of everything that's been thrown our way from slavery to segregation to mass incarceration. We have a privilege pre-ordained by God that nothing and no one can stop.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net

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