"The Book of Embraces" Quotes
A collection of poetic and thought-provoking vignettes that explore love, history, and the human experience.
fiction | 288 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The Church says: the body is a sin. Science says: the body is a machine. Advertising says: The body is a business. The body says: I am a fiesta.
The first duty of love is to listen.
I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is vertical, so it's humiliating. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other and learns from the other. I have a lot to learn from other people.
The first to be killed in war is the truth.
The world is in pieces. We the peoples are the pieces.
Without a moral revolution, there can be no real change in the economic model.
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
The rich have forgotten the poor. The poor never forget the rich.
Many small people, in small places, doing small things, can change the world.
I don't want to be a poet. I want to be part of the poem.
