“The years of imprisonment hardened me ... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life ... there is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.” IfsWayYearsHas BeensI CanDoneMomentsGovernmentHappensPainNextGivenFearWaitingEmotionKnownCasesHavensPrisonBlowImprisonmentHardened Author:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.” FeelsYearsSaidTwoJobsGuySexCausesHalfMiddleHavensMetsSorryBlowSan FranciscoHalf A YearBlow Job Author:Kevin Sessums
“Once you get to your forties or fifties in this society, very few people haven't had at least one body blow - financial, bankruptcy, divorce, relationship disaster, addiction, trouble with a child, trouble with a parent. Most people take some blow.” PeopleChildrenBodyParentTroubleHavensAddictionFinancialBlowDivorceDisasterFortyBankruptcyThis Society Author:Marianne Williamson
“The Court stands against any winds that blow as havens of refuge for those who might otherwise suffer because they are helpless, weak, outnumbered, or because they are nonconforming victims of prejudice or public excitement.” MightSufferingHavensWindWeakPrejudiceVictimCourtBlowExcitementRefugeHelpless Author:Hugo Black