Madeleine

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
― Will Rogers

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences.”
― Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Elizabeth Appell