If you can’t get quiet enough to hear yourself, your life is too loud.
—Terri Guillemets
society
Humanity in roads
When I’m out and about, people are annoying idiots. When I’m home alone, all mankind is loving and good.
—Terri Guillemets
Well lit
A school library is the brightest beacon of youthful hope.
A public library is the brightest beacon of community hope.
A local library is the brightest beacon of global hope.
—Terri Guillemets
Fluctuations
The world constantly sways me between poet and malcontent.
—Terri Guillemets
Soiled
If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called “produce” and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of
—Terri Guillemets
Aye aye, skipper!
When most people see an adult skipping they assume it must be on the way either to or from the asylum.
—Terri Guillemets
Becoming
How many have made ourselves ugly from the burden of being beautiful? Made ourselves dumb because of the shame of being smart?
—Terri Guillemets
Minds awash
Belief stains darker, imprints deeper than truth.
—Terri Guillemets
Illusions
Religion is faith in anything other than ourselves.
—Terri Guillemets
Speedway
The world is changing so fast I’ve got societal vertigo.
—Terri Guillemets