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Swati’s Quotes

“Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler did not solve an old problem, they asked a new question, and in doing so they changed the whole basis on which the old questions had been framed.”
― Ken Robinson

tags: copernicus, creativity, galileo, intelligence, kepler, paradigm

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“What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.”
― Toni Morrison, God Help the Child

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“And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.”
― Toni Morrison

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“Each woman has potential access to Rio Abajo Rio, this river beneath the river. She arrives there through deep meditation, dance, writing, painting, prayermaking, singing, drumming, active imagination, or any activity which requires an intense altered consciousness. A woman arrives in this world-between-worlds through yearning and by seeking something she can see just out of the corner of her eye. She arrives there by deeply creative acts, through intentional solitude, and by practice of any of the arts.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

tags: active-imagination, altered-consciousness, creative-acts, creativity, dance, drumming, intentional-solitude, meditation, painting, prayermaking, rio-abajo-rio, river-beneath-the-river, singing, writing

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“The Coroner's Office didn't look any different from the rest of Cozumel. It was colorful in that Spanish flavor; an orange-brown background trimmed in soft yellow only slightly brighter than pastel. Palm trees kissed each corner. It was set back from the thoroughfare some distance and well-manicured shrubbery lined the long brick walkway leading to the entrance. Massive Ceiba trees -- ironically, the Mayan tree of life -- shielded curious tourists from reality. The sight of dead people was not compatible to festivity, nor would it encourage vacationing gringos to spend often and unwisely.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Turquoise Shroud

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Read Runners — 1474 members — last activity Apr 19, 2026 06:06AM
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Ask S.E. Hinton - Monday, June 17th! — 1020 members — last activity Mar 09, 2017 04:45PM
Join us on Monday, June 17th for a special discussion with author S.E. Hinton! S.E. Hinton will be discussing her books Tex, Rumble Fish, Som ...more

Write, Wrote, Written — 1532 members — last activity Jan 29, 2025 01:30PM
This group is no longer active! Go to Write, Wrote, Written II if you want to be active. “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a ty ...more