“A bond has its own challenges—there can still be disagreement—but at least all parties want the same outcome.”
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
“Serious love. We need what Jesus called neighbor love. We need what Martin Luther King, Jr., called redemptive love. We need what Toni Morrison called self love. We need what bell hooks called committed love. We need what Kiese Laymon calls responsible love.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“We speak. We write. We do language. That is how we heal when our bodies bend and break. That is how the world heals when it is bruised. That is how I healed.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“Jesus stands as one who knew economic, political, and religious violence but also as one who formed people in the way of resistance, dignity, power, justice, and love.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
“Writing was a way for me to stop running and stop wounding and start healing.”
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
― Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle
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