Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black mans right to his body, or womans right to her soul. – Emma Goldman
The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husbands family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp. – Sarah Wayne Callies
