“Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid, but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat.” GivingLooksLongCareNatureWalksAnimalAidsInstantThroatVigilantWild AnimalForgetful Book:Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel Source: Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel
“Courage looks you straight in the eye. She is not impressed with power trippers, and she knows first aid. Courage is not afraid to weep, and she is not afraid to pray, even when she is not sure who she is praying to. When she walks it is clear she has made the journey from loneliness to solitude. The people who told me she was stern were not lying. they just forgot to mention she was kind.” PeopleKnowsFirstsLooksKindMadeEyeLyingWalksClearJourneyLonelinessPrayingSolitudeAidsNot SureNot AfraidImpressedNot Impressed Author:J. Ruth Gendler
“Depressions, local and larger strikes, boom times, wars, repressions, all impact a life as do epidemics such as AIDS and pollution that may take years off a person's life. We all, whether we like it or not and whether we acknowledge it or not, are impacted by the racial attitudes we carry within us, and experience in some form every time we turn on the television, the radio, go to a movie, read a magazine or a newspaper, or walk down the street.” YearsMayPersonsWarFormTurnsWalksAttitudeStreetsTelevisionImpactRadioStrikesAidsNewspapersLocalsMagazinesAcknowledgePollutionTurn-onRepressionEpidemics Author:Marge Piercy