When I read or hear a quote that speaks to me, that sticks with me, or that makes me think a little harder, I write it down in a little book that I carry around with me. These are some of the quotes that appear in my book.
Sometimes you don’t know you’re going to throw a grenade until you’ve already pulled the pin.
Emily St. John Mandel, Sea of Tranquility
The art is the provocation that produces the conversation.
Cate Blanchett, “Variety Uncovered,” 2 May 2018
No one is sitting around waiting for you to be good.
Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark
At the heart of the struggle of feminism to give rape, date rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and workplace sexual harassment legal standing as crimes has been the necessity of making women credible and audible.
Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
The poem was only five lines long…then quickly, and without any of my own generosity, the poem applied the same pressure as all good art, and the words began to bubble like something ready.
Bronwyn Fischer, The Adult
…it’s not some ‘subtle unreadable thing’ when a woman says no. It is simply not believed.
Suzie Miller, Prima Facie
Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values.
Viktor Frankl, The Will to Meaning
True hope is trusting that what we have, where we are, and who we are is more than enough for us.
Unknown
Woman does not emerge from a man’s rib, not ever, it’s he who emerges from her womb.
Nizar Qabbani, I Have No Power
Inexperience is a temporary condition.
Robin Burns-McNeill
I never want to have a belief that makes me afraid of new information.