Sandra

“In her view, human beings resembled peregrine falcons: they had the power and the ability to soar up to the skies, free and ethereal and unrestrained, but sometimes they would also either under duress or of their own free will, accept captivity”
― Elif Shakara

“After all, boundaries of the mind mean nothing for women who continue to sing songs of freedom under the moonlight.”
― Elif Shakara

“Might it also be that creating narratives around murder allows a measure of comfort? Murder in the abstract is terrifying; in the details, you realise it has nothing to do with you.”
― Emily Maguire, An Isolated Incident

“A Little Fellow Follows Me

A careful man I want to be;
a little fellow follows me.
I do not dare to go astray,
for fear he’ll go the self-same way.
He thinks that I am big and fine ;
Believes in every word of mine.
The base in me he must not see;
This little chap who follows me.
I must be careful as I go;
Through summer sun and winter snow.
Because I am building, for the years to be;
This little chap who follows me.

I will always be proud to say that I was one of those little fellows. All seven feet two inches of me.”
― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court