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Quote by Carrie Mae Weems

“Sometimes you sacrifice too much. You find yourself out on a limb and not knowing really quite how to get back down the tree. But it’s the space that you’re in because you have taken the risk. I’m not unaware of the sacrifices and, at times, whom your compassion hurts. It’s not all moving in one direction. It’s complicated, as the work is complicated.”

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Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems is an American contemporary artist renowned for her photographic works. Her practice often explores themes of race, gender, and social identity, using photography, video, and installation art to deliver profound personal and social commentary. more

“The road from white belt to black is long and arduous; most never reach the end. There are simply too many obstacles of daily life, and too much effort and attention required, for this to be something that the majority of practitioners achieve. This is why a black belt in Jiu Jitsu, especially from a reputable source, is the pinnacle of martial arts rank. It is valuable because of what must be traded for its achievement.”

Growth Sacrifice Adversity Martial Arts Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

Book:The Tao of Jiu Jitsu

Source: The Tao of Jiu Jitsu

“And so she cut out her heart and offered it as a sacrifice. She would pay whatever price her mother Wallachia demanded. “Make me prince,” she said without feeling.”

Sacrifice Lada Dragon Of Wallachia

Book:And I Darken

Source: And I Darken

“I must send you into exile, that you may be the coal of her heart. No real thing can be so perfect as memory, and she will need a perfect thing if she is to survive. She will warm herself on the memory of you when there is nothing else, and be sustained.”

Love Sacrifice

Author:Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char

“When you spend any time at all paying attention to the proclivities of the natural world, you realize that nature has no problem including in its sorority the dead, dying, and ailing as fully as the lovely, healthy, and whole.”