I HAVE A VERY OBSESSIVE
PERSONALITY. SO ONCE
I GET ROLLING ON
SOMETHING, IT’S LIKE A
FORM OF MEDITATION.
–Author Eden Robinson,
ON CBC RADIO’SUNRESERVEDWe as women, for a variety of reasons, look at
our bodies from an outsider’s perspective. I think that
we need to start relishing our bodies a little bit more.
–Actress Cobie Sm ulders, IN THE DAILY MAILI don’t have any questions but I’m going
to tell you how to do your job. Get out of
our way. Give us our money, give us our
land and we’ll take care of it ourselves.
–Grand Chief Arlen Dum as, IN THE EDMONTON JOURNALAS YOU GET OLDER, LIFE
GETS BUSIER, AND
EVERYTHING GETS
SHORTER. EVEN THOUGH
I’M MOSTLY JUST
WRITING, I SEEM TO
HAVE NO TIME TO WRITE.
–Author Helen Hum phreys,
IN THE HUMBER LITERARY REVIEWI think poetry is a verdict.
It’s a verdict that we give
to something that moves
us—that has authority
and music and resonance.
–Leonard CohenIntimate togetherness.
That is the solution to
the anonymity and
alienation of city life.
–Musician Tim Baker,INEXCLAIM!reader’s digest
18 september 2019
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