Quote #34: “First they ignore you… “

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illustration 2014 by jpbohannon

“First they ignore you.

then they laugh at you.

then they fight you,

then you win.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Quote #27: Allen Ginsberg, “Follow your inner moonlight…”

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide your thoughts." Allen Ginsbergillustration 2013 jpbohannon

“Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide your madness.” Allen Ginsberg
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Quote #26: Ted Hughes’ “To Paint a Water Lily”

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illustration 2013 jpbohannon

… Now paint the long-necked lily-flower

Which, deep in both worlds, can be still
As a painting, trembling hardly at all

Though the dragonfly alight,
Whatever horror nudge her root.

from “To Paint a Water Lily,”   Ted Hughes