"My grandmothers are full of memories, smelling of soap and onions and wet clay, with veins rolling roughly over quick hands, they have many clean words to say, my grandmothers were strong."

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Source : Margaret Walker (2013). “This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems”, p.21, University of Georgia Press

Margaret Walker

#Strong Quotes #Memories Quotes #Grandmother Quotes

“For in religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere.”

Source : Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1833). “The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Collected by Thomas Moore ... A New Edition ... With a Biographical Sketch”, p.77
“I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.”
“Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.”
“Always a good clue when you see a quarterback's arm go forward and forward and the hand empty, it's an incomplete pass.”
“International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.”
“Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.....”

Source : David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.58, Pan Macmillan
“Potential is the one power you always have.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ryan Blair from Oct 17, 2013
“One is also reminded of how, in art, the tortoise so often overtakes the hare...”

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