Roxanne Bland > Roxanne's Quotes

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
― Toni Morrison, The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993

“Reality is highly overrated.”
― Roxanne Bland, The Underground

“Forget what they told you. You want the truth, follow the money.”
― Roxanne Bland

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I've been a fugitive from reality since forever.”
― Roxanne Bland

“Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.”
― J.D. Weidenkeller