Russ Weeks
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I was suddenly overwhelmed by this deep, tar-like anger. Stuck to everything.
“There is no God, child. There’s religion but there’s no God of theirs. Their religion tells that we will get our reward in the end. However, it apparently doesn’t say anything about their punishment. But when we’re around them, we believe in God. Oh, Lawdy Lawd, we’s be believin’. Religion is just a controlling tool they employ and adhere to when convenient.”
― James
― James
“I hated the world that wouldn’t let me apply justice without the certain retaliation of injustice.”
― James
― James
“perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat,”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“I want my students to understand that the ability to evaluate and judge is not a school skill; it is a life skill.”
― Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts
― Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts
“I was learning the craft of poetry, which really was an intensive version of what my mother had taught me all those years ago—the craft of writing as the art of thinking. Poetry aims for an economy of truth—loose and useless words must be discarded, and I found that these loose and useless words were not separate from loose and useless thoughts.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
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