Quotes About Awareness

It made me a bit sad, truth be to tell it, to watch them hundreds of white folks crying for the Negro, for there weren't hardly ever any Negroes present at most of them gatherings, and them that was there was doodied up and quiet as a mouse. It seemed to me the whole business of the Negro's life out there weren't no different than it was out west, to my mind. It was like a big, long lynching. Everybody got to make a speech about the Negro but the Negro.

And you say to yourself, They will remember him. He will make them remember him. He's hollering from the back of the bus of history, just so they'll know who he is. So Vanessa will know him. And Cecil. And Maddy. And Laura. And Helen. And even little Ni Ni and the twins Malcolm and Malik. And in knowing who he is, maybe they will one day know who they are.

An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it.

We do not recognize our souls until they are in pain.

Childhood is over when you know you're gonna die.

If he set out right now to make a list of the things he had taken for granted in his life, he'd go broke buying paper.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited.

Nature does not change; it has no inside or outside. It is therefore not possible to travel through it. All travel is therefore change within the traveler, and it is for that reason that travelers are always somewhere else. To travel is to grow.

True poets lead no one unawares. It is nothing other than awareness that poets-that is, creators of all sorts-seek. They do not display their art so as to make it appear real; they display the real in a way that reveals it to be art.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open. Have you been watching Oprah again?

Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message.

It's wherever you are. If it's tapped into any of your senses, it knows where you are and what you're doing." Oh no, I thought, my spirits sinking. I hadn't considered that. Did that mean nothing I did was ever anymore? "Even in the bathroom?" the Gasman's eyes widened with surprise.

I love you Max,Fang said...God, Max I love you so much. I know. I thought. I've always known

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

I knew my transformation was complete when Dr.Keyes asked, How are you feeling today, Tandy? and I responded I'm not

If this was what life was like without words - a life of doing, not just talking - I just might be willing to give them up forever.

But if I could do anything? Maybe you would want to be able to save the world, the Voice said. Did you ever think of that? No. I frowned. Leave that to the grown-ups. But grown-ups are the ones destroying the world, the Voice said. Think about it.

Sometimes all you have is instinct, a gut feeling. It's important to pay attention to them.

My eyes flickered when I heard the Voice inside my head. (You mean you don't have one? You can get 'em at Target.)

Speed never killed anyone! It's suddenly becoming stationary… that's what gets you.