Marilyn Gardner > Marilyn's Quotes

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”
― John A. Shedd

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.”
― Carl Sandburg

“The Migration helped other people of color—the later arrivals from Asia, South and Central America, and the Middle East—whose worlds opened up further as the country liberalized its views of diversity. The Migration exposed white Americans outside the South to black culture and created an opportunity—much of it missed—to bridge the races in the New World.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

“I wear two ambassadorial hats, actually three. In the US, it’s: “That’s not true, Islam is a peaceful religion. That’s not true, Pakistan is a beautiful country.” And in Pakistan: “That is not true. It is not America’s fault.”
― Sabeeha Rehman, Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman's Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim

“In my search for smallness, I’m finding the kingdom of God one inch above the ground.”
― Emily P. Freeman, Simply Tuesday: Small-Moment Living in a Fast-Moving World

“And, within the economy of attention, conflict always gets more people to look.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror