Isabel Wilkerson Quotes
It occurred to me that no matter where I lived, geography could not save me.
Isabel Wilkerson
Quotes to Explore
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By the time I was 10, I had lived in 11 different countries.
Natasha Little
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We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs.
Barry Mann
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We lived in Manhattan, which was unbearable sometimes because it was so noisy. There were sirens blaring, construction sites going, people shouting and swearing at each other.
Rachel Tucker
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We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, but it's not usually that way. Love is something deeper and purer.
Lauryn Hill
Fugees
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What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself. Chose now whom you will serve, and that choice is going to affect the next generation, and the next generation, and the next. Choice never affects just one person alone. It goes on and on and the effect goes out into geography and history. You are part of history and your choices become part of history.
Edith Schaeffer
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We just keep on having to save each other", he says. "We ever gonna be even?" "I hope not," I say.
Patrick Ness
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You'd have to have lived under a rock somewhere to not have heard of it.
Michael Rose
Black Uhuru
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There is no wisdom save in truth.
Martin Luther
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Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.
Hamilton Jordan
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If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one man’s destiny is more than blest—he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.
Homer
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It occurred to me that no matter where I lived, geography could not save me.
Isabel Wilkerson
