Quotes of Ntozake Shange

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Our society allows people to be absolutely neurotic and totally out of touch with their feelings and everyone else's feelings, and yet be very respectable.

- Ntozake Shange

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“ Our own selfesteem is something we can actually twist in whatever way we want. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ It is time to stop a young woman from being manipulated to break her ass and tear herself down to the core in order to build a man up. Once she builds him up, more than half the time he leaves her to figure out the millionpiece puzzle of life. Wow! It never amazes me how men forget who was there for them when they didn’t have a damn thing to their name. It’s a timeout for that! ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially ”

- Veronica Roth

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

“ Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. ”

- J. M. Barrie

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ The one that’s different often has the odds stacked against them but usually ends up with the biggest rewards so it’s always worth it. ”

- TorronLee Dewar

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. ”

- Jack Thorne

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ Life is tough, darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ The price of your birthday outfits should go costlier with respect to the ages you lived. ”

- Anwesha Mohanty ‘Anny’

“ Don't be afraid of the shadows, that only means there's a light nearby. ”

- Evanescence