Kris Spisak > Quotes

“Earlier still, woodblock prints known as lubki, popular in the 1600s and 1700s, are our earliest known confirmed representations of her. These decorations, originally fashioned from the carve-able layer of wood under the bark of linden trees, hung in the households of those who could not afford more expensive icons.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

“Some speak of witches like brutes who go bump in the night, yet some tales are much bigger than a single fright. In fact, some famous witches arguably aren't witches at all. They are merely characters so difficult to define that no better word describes them. So, witches they become, and they are branded in the public mind ever after.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

“Truman Capote once said, “I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”
― Kris Spisak, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused

“just” is another example of a word we slip into communications when we don’t want to be too forceful; however, rather than softening a message, it often softens your authority and expertise.”
― Kris Spisak, Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused

“Conversely, bold arrogance is not the same as bravery.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

“Everything we need for creating our renewals and revolutions is already within our reach.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods