"Even though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn't have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavier was there. I wondered fleetingly if I was expecting to much og him, but dismissed the idea."

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Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.426, Macmillan

Alexandra Adornetto

#Dragons Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“It's very interesting, the joke comes first and then the wording comes within five seconds, maybe ten seconds. My thing is to get the joke across in as few words as possible. However, sometimes a word that's not really needed does help the rhythm of it. It's a gut feeling.”
“I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.”
“It was always a fantasy of mine growing up - my favorite program was always 'Little House on the Prairie' - so I always wanted to wear those looks. When I was a child, I wouldn't let my mom put me in anything but calico dresses and now... whaddaya know, every day I'm in a calico dress, basically, so it's kind of funny.”
“We were made to believe / our faces betrayed us. / Our bodies were loud / with yellow / screaming flesh / needing to be silenced / behind barbed wire.”

Source : Janice Mirikitani (1995). “We, the Dangerous: New and Selected Poems”, Ten Speed Press
“You're entitled to Medicaid regardless of your income. Don't worry about your health care.”
“Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.”
“Yoga is so much more about the instructor than it is about the practice itself. It's their point of view and the way they teach that makes the experience so special and opens things up for me.”

Source : "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Art is the response of the living to life. It is therefore the record left behind by civilization.”

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