Literary History, The Present, Dark With Silences, The Tedious Agony, Tillie Olsen

“Literary history and the present are dark with silences . . . I have had special need to learn all I could of this over the years, myself so nearly remaining mute and having to let writing die over and over again in me. These are not natural silences--what Keats called agonie ennuyeuse (the tedious agony)--that necessary time for renewal, lying fallow, gestation, in the natural cycle of creation. The silences I speak of here are unnatural: the unnatural thwarting of what struggles to come into being, but cannot.” ― Tillie Olsen

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/89863.Tillie_Olsen.

Any Female, Needs Anything, Giving Away Her Power, Bell Hooks

“If any female feels she needs anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power.” - Bell Hooks

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 156.

End of Your Rope, Hang On, Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/franklin_d_roosevelt_101840.

Problem, Needs Solving, Someone, Do Something, You, Hillary Clinton

“If you’ve looked at a problem that needs solving in your community and thought to yourself, ‘Someone should really do something about that!’ I’ve got some news for you: That someone could be you.” - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on National Run for Office Day, via Twitter.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Winter 2020, page 6.

Relationships, Commitment, Loyalty, Love, Patience, Persistence, Cornel West

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” ― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Take A Risk, Grow Old, Alice Walker

“Take a risk – grow old.” - Alice Walker

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 53.

Real Courage, Gun, When You Know You're Licked, But You Begin, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.