This Week…

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.”
–Thich Nhat Hahn

“Resign yourself to a lifelong sadness that is never satisfied.”
–Zadie Smith, on being a writer

“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
–James Baldwin, No Name in the Street

“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”
–Zadie Smith, On Beauty

“Miracles happen all the time. We’re here, aren’t we?”
–Marilyn Nelson, Abba Jacob and Miracles

“Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
–Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”
— Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman

“The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.”
— Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease

“I only say hello, and turn away, before his lady knows, how much I want to see him.  She removes him like a ring, she only brings him out to show her friends.”
— Joni Mitchell, Conversation

“I bring him apples and cheeses, he brings me songs to play.”
— Joni Mitchell, Conversation