Nelida Lapoint

“There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for - that's how you gain respect. But, little one, ain't nobody's respect worth more than your own. You understand that?”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry: By Mildred D. Taylor

“Could it be that nearsighted people see more than we do,”
― Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

“We are asleep until we fall in Love!”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“It is time to stop drinking the Kool-Aid, get off the cruise-ship church, jump into the battleship Church and start moving into the purpose and destiny that God has for you.”
― John Ramirez, Conquer Your Deliverance: How to Live a Life of Total Freedom