An author accepting language’s invitation to dance steps onto the floor of his her sensibility-charged consciousness and begins to move instinctively–even if with much dread
ABERJHANIShe [Whitney Houston] inherited gifts for skillfully interpreting lyrics and endowing them with new depth and jeweled nuance.
More Aberjhani Quotes
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What they suffered from was not mental debilitation, but personal and communal ignorance of psychic reality.
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An outrageous instinct to love and be loved executed your brain every hour on the hour.
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.
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Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate–– then spread, lift up, fly.
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Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.
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By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to create literary wonders capable of enriching the lives of not just her own people, but of all people.
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Happy World Poetry Day: ‘The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.
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The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.
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We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.
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When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.
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How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.
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The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words.
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There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.
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Creative visualization may be described as an extended meditation session that reaches beyond passive contemplation and achieves transformative action.
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