Anthony

“The point of this language of “intention” and “personal responsibility” is broad exoneration. Mistakes were made. Bodies were broken. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried our best. “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

“Connectedness counters the pull of addictive behaviors. It is the key.”
― Bruce D. Perry, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

“After tonight, it’ll fade into the air. It’ll just be something that happened. But we’ll both walk around with it, in our minds. It’ll be something that lives with us. And changed us.”
― Bryan Washington, Palaver

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life