Amber

“So humanity is not the helpless plaything of a dead mechanism, but its development consists precisely in the growing power of the human mind over the dead mechanism of nature. But - and this is only said by historical materialism - the human spirit develops from, with and out of the material mode of production. The human mind is not the father of the mode of production, but the mode of production is the mother of the human mind.”
― Franz Mehring, On historical materialism

“Writing was a way for me to stop running and stop wounding and start healing.”
― Danté Stewart, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle

“She came here because I made her feel better or because she wanted to talk to me about it. Because she was spinning in a tornado and the only time she feels still is when she’s with me. And then it occurred to me. I was her person. Me. I couldn’t adequately put into words the way this made me feel. It wasn’t in her DNA to let someone else take care of her. I knew because it wasn’t in mine either. We were the rocks in our family, always putting the needs of everyone else before our own, so I knew what it meant that she let me be there for her.”
― Abby Jimenez, Life's Too Short

“Nostalgia is a powerful tool of ignorance and retrenchment of the social order.”
― Danté Stewart, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle