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- “There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to see it. There is always light. Only if we are brave enough to be it.” ― Amanda Gorman.
- “We've learned that quiet isn't always peace.” ― Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry: Poems.
- “We lay down our arms. so we can reach out our arms. to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true
- “When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.
Things like empathy, compassion, listening, tenderness, sharing power. Amanda Gorman Inspirational Quotes. Maybe everything hurts, our hearts are shadowed and strange. But only when everything hurts, may everything change. Amanda Gorman. There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it.
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“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” — Amanda Gorman, inauguration poem, The Hill We Climb “When day comes, we ask ourselves: Where can we find light In this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We braved the belly of the beast, We’ve learned that quiet isn’t alway...
“We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another We seek harm to none and harmony for all Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried” ― Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry “For it’s our grief that gives us our gratitude, Shows us...
“Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character.” — Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry “I can hear change humming In its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming, And so I sing along.” — Amanda Gorman, Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem “Hear me as a woman Have me as your sister On purpled battlefield breaking day, So I mig...
“That is the promised glade, The hill we climb, if only we dare it: Because being American is more than a pride we inherit — It’s the past we step into, and how we repair it.” ― Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country “We are the good news that we have been looking for, Demonstrating that every dusk holds a dawn disguise...
“There is no such thing as gentle war. There is no peace That can’t be flung aside. Our only enemy is that which would Make us enemies to each other.” — Amanda Gorman “The single greatest challenge of our era is to transform without wrath, war, or wariness.” — Amanda Gorman “Would we crave peace If we knew what it was” — Amanda Gorman “We lift our ...
“While we might feel small, separate, and all alone, our people have never been more tightly tethered. The question’s not if we will weather this unknown, but how we will weather the unknown together.” — Amanda Gorman, The Miracle of Morning, Call Us What We Carry “I think sometimes our terror is a great kind of flag to symbolize a type of love or ...
- Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it's always been the language of bridges.
- We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.
- You don't have to be a poet, you don't have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact with your words. We all have this capacity to find solutions for the future.
- I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
Apr 26, 2023 · Powerful Amanda Gorman Quotes. “There is nothing that convinces like the self does. Our life, our body & its beating, proving its own jagged point. Tell me what is more powerful than the unerased.” ~ Amanda Gorman. “We are the good news that we have been looking for. Demonstrating that every dusk holds a dawn within it.
Jan 31, 2021 · Amanada Gorman Quotes. “I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past few years, but what I really aspire to do in the poem is to be able to use my words to envision a way in which our country can still come together and can still heal.”. – Amanda Gorman, in an interview with ...
Apr 6, 2024 · Amanda Gorman Quotes And Sayings. “It isn’t knowing, but remembering, that makes us create.”. ― Amanda Gorman. “The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising.”. — Amanda Gorman. “Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.”. — Amanda Gorman. “May we not just grieve, but ...
