“My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.” IfsKnowsFirstsMadeSaidStillsRunningWantedMotherNightHurtBrokenFineInjuryToesLapI Was Hurt Author:Ronda Rousey
“it's a feeling of ice miles running under your blades, the wind splitting open to let you through, the earth whirling around you at the touch of your toe, and speed lifting you off the ice far from all things that can hold you down.” FeelingsRunningEarthSportsWindAll ThingsSpeedMilesIceToesBladesLiftingSplitting Book:Wings on my feet Source: Wings on my feet
“If you silence yourself, if you try to be good, if you try to be polite, or toe a party line, you end up paying for that in the long run. You pay for it... with your homeland, or with your soul, or with your artistic vision.” IfsTryingLongSoulEndsRunningLinesPartyPaySilenceVisionBe GoodArtisticYour SoulLong RunsToesPoliteHomelandArtistic Vision Author:Diana Abu-Jaber
“One wants more time, more youth. That is it. That is all one asks for - nothing but that, a little more time. Hear it running by! Listen! In the night, in the morning, at noon, at even, rushing by, silent, stealthy, trying to hoodwink you by the fixed appearance of things that seem not to change; but never stopping. Oh, to stop it! Oh, to get it back! Oh, to dig one's toes in and refuse to be rushed headlong towards the brink!” WantTryingLittlesSeemsRunningNightTimeAsksMorningYouthSilentRefuseAppearanceFixedMore TimeToesStoppingNoonRushingNever Stopping Book:Three pilgrims and a tinker: a novel Source: Three pilgrims and a tinker: a novel