“Everything we are is at every moment alive in us.”
Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States
Martin Svoboda
Autore verificato @quick, membro dal 04 Aprile 2011
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
"As Much Truth As One Can Bear" in The New York Times Book Review (14 January 1962); republished in The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (2011), edited by Randall Kenan<!-- , also quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 114 -->
Contesto: Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. … Most of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
“The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
"Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem" in Esquire (July 1960); republished in Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961)
James Baldwin libro Nobody Knows My Name
"In Search of a Majority: An Address" (Feb 1960); reprinted in Baldwin, "Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody_Knows_My_Name (1961)
James Baldwin libro The Fire Next Time
"Me and My House" in Harper's (November 1955); republished in Notes of a Native Son (1955)
Origine: The Fire Next Time
“We are born not with purpose, but with potential.”
Octavia E. Butler libro Parable of the Talents
Origine: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 1 (p. 1)
“A tree cannot grow in its parents’ shadows.”
Octavia E. Butler libro La parabola del seminatore
Origine: Parable of the Sower (1993), Chapter 7 (p. 82)
“Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.”
Octavia E. Butler Wild Seed
Origine: Wild Seed (1980), Chapter 1 (p. 11)
“Life was treasure. The only treasure.”
Octavia E. Butler libro Imago
Origine: Imago (1989), Chapter I, “Metamorphosis” section 6 (p. 564)
“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.”
Octavia E. Butler libro Parable of the Talents
Variante: In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
Origine: Parable of the Talents
“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”
Octavia E. Butler Fledgling
Origine: Fledgling
“A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.”
Octavia E. Butler libro Mind of My Mind
Origine: Mind of My Mind (1977), Chapter 5 (p. 344)
“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
“He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XLV Prophecies