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“The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind”
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“Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.”
Source : Isaac Barrow (1831). “The works of Dr. Isaac Barrow”, p.280
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“The real beauty of the time we're living through is that we can deploy our self-image in ways that can have radical social implications.”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“One evening, when I was yet in my nurse's arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily ... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said "Let him touch it." So I touched it - and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.”
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“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”
Source : Faye Moskowitz (2011). “And the Bridge Is Love”, p.32, The Feminist Press at CUNY
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“Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.”
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“I guess my style’s a little edgy but comfortable. I like being comfortable, for sure, and kind of casual.”
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“I was not a very fearful kid, really.”