“They can stop a river by building a dam, but I will be damned if they can stop my river of blood flowing through my veins and heart.” LifeHeartSpiritDesireBloodStrengthCeaseEnduranceWillVeinsRiverStopBe StrongCarry OnFlowingDamnedGo ForwardContinuouslyDamSteadilyMoving Along Author:Anthony Liccione
“But love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current. For when those walls come down, then love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn't even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. To love is to lose control.” LoveTruthControlWallsDamTrickle Book:By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism. Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million people. Build a dam to pretend to BRING water to 40 million people. Who are these gods that govern us? Is there no limit to their powers?” InspirationalRealityGovernmentTruthWomenCapitalismEconomicsIndiaHuman RightsEqualityCorporationsNationalismExploitationGovernment CorruptionFalse GodsEnvironmental DegradationArundhati RoyDamNarmada Valley Book:The cost of living Source: The cost of living
“If we are able to convey ‘meaning’ to things and to actions, we may dominate part of the obscure world of ignorance. When we try to give sense to our life, we can come to ‘awareness’ and fill some of the numerous black holes of witlessness in our thinking. We may, then, defy and dam the existential void, down the stretch. ("Not without my shadow")” ThinkingAwarenessShadowMeaningVoidExistentialBlack HolesDefyDamWitlessness Author:Erik Pevernagie