Chrystos quotes
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“The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree.”
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“They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our stories in locked rare book libraries / our dances on film / The only part of us they can't steal / is what we know.”
-- ChrystosSource : Chrystos (1988). “Not vanishing”, Press Gang Pub
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“Depression is a very sensible reaction to just about everything we live in now.”
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“Our sacred beliefs have been made pencils / names of cities / gas stations / My knee is wounded so badly that I limp constantly / Anger is my crutch / I hold myself upright with it / My knee is wounded / see / How I Am Still Walking.”
-- ChrystosSource : Chrystos (1988). “Not vanishing”, Press Gang Pub
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“Of course it is extremely difficult to like oneself in a culture which thinks you are a disease.”
-- Chrystos
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“The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.”
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“The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.”
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Source : A. E. Waite (2012). “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot”, p.46, Courier Corporation
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“The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.”
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“Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.”
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