"Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing."

-- Marlon Riggs

#Justice Quotes #Silence Quotes #Soul Quotes

“And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon.”

Source : Song: Cats In The Cradle
“It's been like therapy to be able to play music and not embarrass my children too much. They've come to a bunch of the shows. It's kind of cool. I'm glad they like it.”

Source : Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.
“I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party.”

Source : "Commentary: Stop throwing dirt on GOP 'grave'" by Ed Rollins, www.cnn.com. May 14, 2009.
“And so it continued all day, wynde after wynde, From a room beyond came the whistle of a teakettle. Now, you really must join me. I've some marvelous Darjeeling, and some delicious petit fours a friend of mine gave me for Christmas.”
“In a good marriage each is the others better half.”
“If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.”
“At practically every level, the way I make comics is an act of improvising within structural boundaries. There's a rough plan, with a beginning, middle and an end, but how I get from one point to another is unknown at the outset, and a large part of what keeps me engaged. It's an exploration for me, and hopefully for the reader as well.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.”

Source : Sir Thomas Malory (1968). “King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales”

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