"Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone"

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Source : Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Turning to One Another (Large Print 16pt)”, p.23, ReadHowYouWant.com

Margaret J. Wheatley

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“She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be - for a woman. And that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. There was only her own mood and whim, and if that was all there was, she decided to turn the naked hand toward it, discover it and let others become as intimate with their own selves as she was.”
“Communism is what happens when atheism meets bureaucracy.”
“My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.”
“Even when I haven't had money, I found money to travel. It's a luxury that's a kind of necessity, I think.”

Source : Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 1, 2003.
“Real is a contentious word. What can be considered real and or verified does not necessarily mean that it is recognized or acknowledged on a micro or macro level. There are many different ways to interrogate or locate a subject. One should take into account the lens by which we think of the idea of a subject.”
“People love to be scared. I guess it's a primal deal.”
“I dread the events of the future, not in themselves but in their results.”
“I've always had a sense of responsibility - I think that comes with being the oldest kid in the family. Now, I'm getting more comfortable with acting a little younger and carefree because I've been so responsible my whole life. I'm letting go a little.”

Source : "13 Going on 30". Interview with Lee Hernandez, www.latina.com. October 20, 2009.

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