Teisha

“the Black Swan symbolizes the uselessness of predictions based on previous experience. Black Swans are events or pieces of knowledge that sit outside our regular expectations and therefore cannot be predicted.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

“Well it's easy to say the right things - " she glanced towards me " - but words are meaningless without action."
"And sometimes action can make a lie of good words," Gareth said.”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

“I was born without a voice, one cold, overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no one could hear me.”
― Etaf Rum, A Woman Is No Man

“Going high is something you do rather than merely feel. It’s not some call to be complacent and wait around for change, or to sit on the sidelines as others struggle. It is not about accepting the conditions of oppression or letting cruelty and power go unchallenged. The notion of going high shouldn’t raise any questions about whether we are obligated to fight for more fairness, decency, and justice in this world; rather, it’s about how we fight, how we go about trying to solve the problems we encounter, and how we sustain ourselves long enough to be effective rather than burn out.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times