Welter Weight Quotes

#1. It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

Ellen DeGeneres

#2. We are not just tickling the dragon's tail; we are timing a flyby through its open jaws while it is yawning.

Marko Kloos

#3. I'm definitely influenced by the music. We dance to music, and you have to listen to it and phrase your dancing and movement in a certain way to compliment the music. We have to work hand in hand, the dancer and the music.

Misty Copeland

#4. Her heart literally stopped and she felt her fight-or-flight mode kick in. Part of her wanted to hide and cry, while the other part of her wanted to reach for her 9mm and shoot the bastard.

Kathleen Brooks

#5. I took a deep breath and filled my lungs with summer.

Natasha Solomons

#6. There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.

Dani Shapiro

#7. I never learned to read girls. I guess I'm girl-illiterate.

Robert Schell

#8. Editors keep pushing
deadline strain while people sleep
on benches and subway grates;
a welter weight boxer dances
on the platform at 125th Street
station, commuters look unfazed...

Kristen Henderson