"Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name."

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Source : Judy Collins (2005). “Morning, Noon, and Night: Living the Creative Life”, p.30, Penguin

Judy Collins

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“Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness.”

Source : Frances Perkins (1934). “People at work”
“To write well about the elegant world you have to know it and experience it to the depths of your being... what matters is not whether you love it or hate it, but only to be quite clear about your position regarding it.”
“Administrators tend to lump Asians in Chicago into one group, not understanding that these kids would be fighting each other, the Cambodians and the Vietnamese. We started a thing called cultural gift sharing, where everyone comes and says what his culture is, so the teachers and the administrators could understand they are different.”
“You don't look back along time but down through it, like water. Sometimes this comes to the surface, sometimes that, sometimes nothing. Nothing goes away.”
“No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.”
“The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.”
“When love is suppressed hate takes its place.”
“I try to make fun of myself and let people know that Iï¿½m a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. Iï¿½m not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesnï¿½t exist.”

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