“You loved people and you came to depend on their being there. but people died or changed or went away and it hurt too much. The only way to avoid that poin was not to love anyone, and not to let anyone get too close or too important. The secret of not being hurt like this again, I decided, was never depending on anyone, never needing, never loving.It is the last dream of children, to be forever untouched.” PeopleWayChildrenImportantDreamLastsHurtSecretForeverToo MuchChangedDependsDecidedDiedIt HurtsBeing ThereBeing Hurt Author:Audre Lorde
“Isn't the small and common the field we live our life in? The large comes into a life through small-paned windows. A breath is small, but everything depends on it. A person looks at you a single, brief moment longer than is necessary, and everything is changed. The smaller the clue, the larger the meaning, it sometimes feels.” FeelsLooksPersonsSometimesMomentsCommonOur LivesFieldsChangedDependsWindowBreathsClueBrief Moments Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I think the Arab awakening has changed everything and I think a lot will depend on what people there ask of us, may be nothing, it may be a lot. I think that really depends how they find their voice and what they see as their real interest, and hopefully that would be for more schools and not more tanks.” PeopleThinkingMayRealWould BeSchoolAsksVoiceInterestChangedDependsAwakeningHopefullyTanks Author:Thomas Friedman