"Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis."

-- Bell Hooks

#White Quotes #Tools Quotes #Shame Quotes

“The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.”

Source : Anna Sewell (2012). “Black Beauty”, p.9, Courier Corporation
“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.”

Source : Song: Sunshine on my shouldersSunshine On My Shoulders, 1971
“What takes us back to the past are the memories. What brings us forward is our dreams.”
“Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and environmental protection. A lack of discipline is apparent these days in just about every aspect of American society. Why? This should be is a much larger question, one to ponder as we take out the garbage and tie our kids' shoes.”
“If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.”
“But Lunch Isn't That Bad, Really Once I get used to having to eat with two people instead of one. Two people who have known each other for such a long time that they practically speak in code. Two people who are always saying, "Remember the time when this happened?" and "Remember the time when that happened?" (Which, of course, I never do, because I wasn't there.) Well, okay, it is that bad. It sucks, even.”

Source : Sonya Sones (2007). “What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know”, p.207, Simon and Schuster
“A belief is an idea around which we close our minds.”
“I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.”

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