“ Metaphor reveals a writer’s true grasp of life. To the degree that you have no metaphor, you have not yet lived much of a life. Norman Mailer
“ When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde
“ How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action? Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times. Compton Gage
