“From the people of the backwoods, I have learned that we can see into each other’s hearts if we want to; that there is really never any need for words; that if you want to know a person you have to taek a good lok inside them, to move on inside their flesh, to open […]
“These personal accounts allow us to glimpse an alternate picture of South Asian American history, one in which migrants from the subcontinent built lives with and among people who had come to New York City–and to Harlem–from different parts of the country and the world and who shared class circumstances, living conditions, parallel experiences of […]
“The present tense is the voice of dreams.”– Richard Panek (my creative non-fiction professor)
“I expressed to Rare Groove that, to me, music is like a beach. If you were to go to the beach and pick up as much sand as possible with your hands, that would be the most music knowledge and experience that any one person would ever have. Just as you can never pick up […]
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Trust the impulse.” – Professor Panek (on writing down your first thoughts)
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Unknown (brought to my attention by my roommate Lea)
“The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“‘What else can I do? I am sitting under the sword of Damocles. So I have to be cautious. I don’t sleep at home at night. But I believe in destiny. I can never die before my death.’” – pg. 120, Of Blood and Fire, Jahanara Imam quoting Mr. Saleq
Not all speed is movement.– Toni Cade, “On the Issue of Roles,” The Black Woman