Quotes for All
To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else’s heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone … Read more
For most of Western civilization there was no real division between the realms of science, divinity, and artistic endeavor – they were just three strands of the same braid, all of them pulling toward the same beautiful desire: to try to understand the workings of this curious and beautiful world. There were many people who … Read more
No, women like you don’t write. They carve onion sculptures and potato statues. They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes and twists in order to control the stiffness, the unruliness, the rebelliousness. Edwidge Danticat
When you write, it’s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still not perfected the task. Some of the braids are long, others are short. Some are thick, others are thin. Some are heavy. Others are light. Like the diverse women of … Read more
I know I look like a piece of sausage to those lions. A sausage with braids. Cody Lundin
The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the opening of the north-flowing river’s delta, with Jerusalem’s answering high beams to the northeast. This 4,258 mile braid of human life, first navigated end-to-end in 2004, is visible in a single glance from space. Chris Hadfield
It’s all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are Charles de Lint
Maia pulled on a braid. I ran into Eric of all people. He told me what happened and that you’d backed out of Millenium Lint’s gigs for the past two weeks because of it. Actually, they changed their name, Jordan said. They’re Midnight Burrito now. Cassandra Clare
You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I’m wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favourite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. I’m obsessed with being different. ASAP Rocky
Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn’s approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven’t faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous, Entwined with delightful mystery, They will breathe in her springlike Extraordinary beauty. But in a whirlwind of sound and fire, From her shing head they will flutter And falland before … Read more