Andrew Vachss: Endangered species

“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
—Andrew Vachss.

Pico Iyer: Never simply binary

“To speak of winning and losing is to impose a binary system on a world–and lives–that are never simply binary.”
—Pico Iyer.

“Ideas alone are not scalable. Only when an idea is put into words that people can clearly understand can an idea inspire action.”
—Simon Sinek.

“You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections: There is nothing like it in this world.”
—Charlotte Bronte.

“It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.”
—Fannie Hurst.

“I think it’s important for industry to do well. But I want them to do well and do good at the same time.”
—Elijah Cummings.

The Heart Is a Foreign Country
Rangi McNeil

“Ours is a partial language part pantomime,
part grimy guesswork: adulterated speculation
as to meaning & motivation.

Translated, heart suggests a familiar, universal
device but internal chemistries vary—
though components be the same & not uncommon.

The world owes us nothing. It promises less.
Call it: freedom. Free will. Or Wednesday.”

—Rangi McNeil.