“Prejudices about what it means to be a person necessarily exclude those who are not bright on the stage of common action; those who do not welcome the glare of shining, blinding smiles, who do not lean closer to hear the roar and macramé of shouted words, who do not cut themselves and mould their flesh and spirit to fit the narrow human path, funnelling upward without looking back.”

        — Dawn Prince-Hughes, Songs of the Gorilla Nation

“In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.”

        — John Churton Collins

“Some poor, phoneless fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere totally unaware of how angry and scared he’s supposed to be.”

        — Duncan Trussell

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”

        — Albert Einstein

“Ever since I discovered Twitter, I’ve been trying to stop using it.”

        — Giles Bowkett

“My shoes probably think I died.”

        — Bαѕєм|باسم #QuarantineQuotes

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

        — Aristotle