“The world is a shoulder of dark meat (black flesh of an old mule). And the light is on the other side.” WorldLightSidesBlackDarkFleshShouldersMeatMules Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“So I just let go with one hand, and just sort of swung around, looked at the Earth below and the black space above and the sun over my shoulder. And, I mean, it was this incredible, spectacular view.” MeanHandsEarthBlackSpaceViewsSunLetting GoIncrediblesShouldersSpectacularJust Let Go Author:Rusty Schweickart
“What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.” PeopleDifferentBlackResponsibilityWeightBurdenShouldersBlack PeopleDeficitPersonal Responsibility Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“The silence is death. It comes each day with its shock to sit on my shoulder, a white bird, and peck at the black eyes and the vibrating red muscle of my mouth.” EyeBlackWhiteSilenceBirdMouthsRedShouldersMusclesEach DayShockSilence IsBlack EyesWhite Birds Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton
“'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned her head right, left, and her black hair curled and uncurled on the shoulder of her coat. 'We have our dull, circled lives, bound in gravity, worshiping you!'” WorldLeftBlackStepsSkyLandHairBoundsShouldersDullGravityTravelerCoatsAstronautSpace TravelBlack Hair Author:Samuel R. Delany