“Black people loving and losing is something we don’t see enough of. We’re always in these heightened situations like something big is happening, something funny or something violent. And you know what? Sometimes we die of breast cancer or a broken heart. Things happen that are just not being explored cinematically. It’s time we reinvigorated that type of film.” PeopleKnowsHeartSometimesEnoughBigsHappensFilmDiesBlackSituationBrokenTypeLosingHappeningsCancerThings HappenViolentBreastsBlack PeopleLike SomethingBreast Cancer Author:Ava DuVernay
“A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.” MenEndsHomeDeathDiesHe ManSittingWoundsBreastsPaceDoomPierce Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
“Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die. The sun insists on gladness; but at night, When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.” NightDiesPoorSunGoneTearsFairsBreastsShedDewGladnessNature Love Book:Festus: a poem Source: Festus: a poem
“The bird Imagination, That flies so far, that dies so soon; Her wings are colored like the sun, Her breast is colored like the moon.” DiesImaginationSunMoonBirdWingsBreasts Author:Elinor Wylie