Mellowing Quotes

“What man who has lived for more than a score of years desires justice, warrior? For my part, I find mercy infinitely more attractive. Give me a forgiving deity any day.”
― Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light

“Each time you go through this
you lose a little less color

the water is less
pink, blue, or gray

this is what i try to say:
don't let them wring it out of you

because they like starch,
don't let that apply to your neck

you are real, 100% cotton,
you can wrinkle, accept that as a gift

and accept these rinses,
they are tedious

they will come
again and again

after awhile, you will have
nothing more they can take”
― Naomi Shihab Nye, 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East