Nourbese Philip Quotes

#1. The best way to be original is to not copy anyone.

Sebastyne Young

#2. Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated

George Gascon

#3. There was something of Francis in the boy, something pure and genuine and flawed. That type didn't think twice before running headlong into a burning house or a young girl's arms.

Johanna Moran

#4. I do not love the flowers that are about to expire. I fear my dotage mirrors the fading flower. Lush, blooming blossoms fall like a shower. I say to the young buds: let your prime retire.

Amy S. Kwei

#5. I'm too romantic for my own good. And okay, you get kicked in the butt sometimes. But, frankly, I'd rather have, you know - actual sentiments. Than. You know? You know what I mean?

Tom Rachman

#6. they ask for water we give them sea
they ask for bread we give them sea
they ask for life we give them only the sea

M. NourbeSe Philip

#7. Don't ever live vicariously. This is your life. Live.

Lavinia Spalding

#8. I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

Marian McPartland

#9. Project management is the art of creating the illusion that any outcome is the result of a series of predetermined, deliberate acts when, in fact, it was dumb luck.

Harold Kerzner

#10. I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning ... as does death.

Dean Koontz

#11. Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown.

Alan W. Watts

#12. we rescue our tears from the sea
secure them by writ

M. NourbeSe Philip