"Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward."

--

Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.206, Feminist Press at CUNY

Paule Marshall

#Past Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Gone Quotes

“It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That's how the world is going to end.”
“I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.”
“One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists mainly through academic channels. Students are exposed to her novels, and some read her, then, on their own, but some also go to grad school: teach her, write about her, keep her going.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you.”
“Economic opportunities will win the women's vote.”

Source : "Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers & Donna Edwards Discuss Mitt Romney". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. May 14, 2012.
“The dollar represents a one dollar debt to the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Banks create money out of thin air to buy Government Bonds from the U.S. Treasury...and has created out of nothing a ... debt which the American people are obliged to pay with interest.”
“We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.”
“When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.”

You may also like:

Edwidge Danticat
Author
Gloria Naylor
Novelist
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poet
Jamaica Kincaid
Novelist
Michelle Cliff
Author
Ntozake Shange
Playwright
Toni Cade Bambara
Author
Toni Morrison
Novelist
Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist