Manning Moore

“I remember thinking, like I do now, that I would love to love something, especially if I could do it without feeling like I was watching it die right in front of me.”
― Vanessa Veselka, Zazen

“Prefer what is positive and multiple, difference over uniformity, flows over unities, mobile arrangements over systems. Believe that what is productive is not sedentary but nomadic.”
― Michel Foucault

“You can’t get the blood out.”
― Steven Ramirez, Tell Me When I'm Dead

“Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multi-vocal, bittersweet. I used to think that if I dug deep enough to discover something sad and ugly, I’d know it was something true. Now I’m trying to dig deeper. I didn’t want to write these pages until there were no hard feelings, no sharp ones. I do not have that luxury. I am sad and angry and I want everyone to be alive again. I want more landmarks, less landmines. I want to be grateful but I’m having a hard time with it.”
― Richard Siken