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“Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out.”
― Wit
― Wit
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
― All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
― All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“I want to write this down, that revolution is like
a merry-go-round, history always being made somewhere. And maybe for a short time,
we’re part of that history. And then the ride stops
and our turn is over.
We walk slowly toward the park, where I can already
see the big swings empty and waiting for me.
And after I write it down, maybe I’ll end it this way.
My name is Jacqueline Woodson
and I am ready for the ride.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
a merry-go-round, history always being made somewhere. And maybe for a short time,
we’re part of that history. And then the ride stops
and our turn is over.
We walk slowly toward the park, where I can already
see the big swings empty and waiting for me.
And after I write it down, maybe I’ll end it this way.
My name is Jacqueline Woodson
and I am ready for the ride.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
“E.M. Ashford: And death shall be no more" comma "death, thou shalt die." Nothing but a breath, a comma separates life from life everlasting.
E.M. Ashford: Very simple, really. With the original punctuation restored Death is no longer something to act out on a stage with exclamation marks. It is a comma. A pause.
E.M. Ashford: In this way, the uncompromising way one learns something from the poem, wouldn't you say? Life, death, soul, God, past present. Not insuperable barriers. Not semi-colons. Just a comma.”
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E.M. Ashford: Very simple, really. With the original punctuation restored Death is no longer something to act out on a stage with exclamation marks. It is a comma. A pause.
E.M. Ashford: In this way, the uncompromising way one learns something from the poem, wouldn't you say? Life, death, soul, God, past present. Not insuperable barriers. Not semi-colons. Just a comma.”
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