I didn't get where I am today by worryin about how I'd feel tomorrow.
Its far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.
Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.
I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.
I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.
No one's place in this world is guaranteed. Not everyone is going to get a happy ending. But life isn't about how it ends. It's about the moments between. It's about the small things. The way our loved ones laugh. The sight of a butterfly in the sunlight after a year or two in the darkness. The love and support of an old friend. They might not be with us in body, but they are with us in spirit. . . . Because every day, on this planet, people are born and people die and stranger things happen. (Armintrout, All Souls' Night, 367)
As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income.
Record labels, which used to have complete control, are essentially irrelevant. The process of a band exposing itself to the world is extremely democratic and there are no barriers. Music is no longer a commodity, it’s an environment, or atmospheric element. Consumers have much more choice and you see people indulging in the specificity of their tastes dramatically more. They only bother with music they like.
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.
He is also wary of people who think they know the path.