“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.” PeoplePowerfulSilenceReadyMouthsExpectationsSilentDefenseMost PowerfulLeapOffenseFistsBack And ForthFrayNever Expect Author:Alison McGhee
“What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...?” PeopleMatterFightingHurtHurting Each Other Book:All Rivers Flow to the Sea Source: All Rivers Flow to the Sea
“The world should have stopped, but it didn't. The world kept on going. How can the world just keep on going? An earthquake in India kills a thousand people, and the world keeps on going. A famine in China kills a million people, and the world keeps on going. The twin towers of the World Trade Center buckle and fall, and the world, the world keeps on going.” PeopleWorldShouldFallMillionsThousandShould HaveIndiaTradeChinaTwinsTowersEarthquakesFamineWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterBucklesTwin Towers Book:All Rivers Flow to the Sea Source: All Rivers Flow to the Sea
