"I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so itâ€™s summer, so itâ€™s suicide, so weâ€™re helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool."

-- Richard Siken

#Beautiful Quotes #Summer Quotes #Suicide Quotes

“The thing I like about the sci-fi genre is that you get to examine universal themes and polarizing moral choices. The characters have a lot on their shoulders and are often trying to survive in some very difficult and hostile environments.”

Source : "Jaime Murray: Taking Care of Heart, Mind, and Body". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy.”
“I have no desire to look back, I only want to look forward to the things that are still ahead of me.”
“There is nothing in the world stronger than gentleness.”
“Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.”
“There were a WHOLE LOTTA us not having sex at Harvard . . . but none of us thought that that was special enough to start a club about it, for peteâ€™s sake.”
“Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.”
“We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.”

Source : Speech at the Georgetown University, www.sahistory.org.za. January 27, 1987.

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