“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” — Zora Neale Hurston
What She Said, June 2: Zora Neale Hurston
What She Said, June 1: Ijeoma Oluo
You have to get over the fear of facing the worst in yourself. Fear the thought that right now, you could be contributing to the oppression of others and you don’t know it. But do not fear those who bring that oppression to light. Do not fear the opportunity to do better.
–Ijeoma Oluo
What She Said, May 31: St. Mary Euphrasia
Do everything you can for love, and you will see what you are capable of. One can make more progress this way in a year, than in ten by the way of fear.
–St. Mary Euphrasia
What She Said, May 30: Margaret Atwood
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was that important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
–Margaret Atwood
What She Said, May 29: St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
― St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
What She Said, May 28: Maya Angelou
In the flush of love’s light we dare to be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love that sets us free.
–Maya Angelou
What She Said, May 27: Mignon McLaughlin
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person.
–Mignon McLaughlin
The Love of Poetry
I’ve been reorganizing my poetry bookshelves, as one does during a pandemic, slowly sorting through books I’ve collected over the past thirty years. Most I sort by last name, slotting Barbara Ras […]
What She Said, May 26: Brene Brown
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we’re meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.
–Brene Brown
What She Said, May 25: Stephanie Lahart
She wanted a relationship that consisted of loving someone unconditionally, flaws and all, so she started with herself.
–Stephanie Lahart
The Gloria Sirens 