"Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice."

-- Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa

#Writing Quotes #Choices Quotes #Complacency Quotes

“When love firmly settles in the heart, the limbs will only act in obedience to Allah.”
“I need to fall in love with someone. Sorry - I mean fall in love with something. I need to wake myself up.”
“I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.”
“I feel that the recent ruling of the United States Army and Navy regarding the refusal of colored blood donors is an indefensible one from any point of view. As you know, there is no scientific basis for the separation of the bloods of different races except on the basis of the individual blood types or groups.”

Source : "One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew" by Spencie Love, (pp. 155-156), 1996.
“Before, I was always the kid that was in the background. It was hard for me to get casted in even one program, and when people thought that I was a guest on a show for the first time when I had been on before, it saddened me. Suddenly getting the spotlight? That's! Not! True!”
“In my considered opinion, the profit to be made by permanent settlement in space is nothing less than the survival of industrial civilization, and therefore the survival of nearly the entire human race, along with such amenities as peace, freedom, enough to eat, and the chance to reach a high age in good health.”
“I don't know what the NFL's going to look like in 15 years. Who knows. It's a great game; it's done a lot for me in my life.”
“If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.”

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