Quotes

Jazzlyn LaNier
English 1100_35
August 31st, 2015
Professor Young


                                                Eye Catching Quotes

Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war

-Ray Gwyn Smith

This quote caught my attention because its raises a question. Who decides whats more violent than what? No one has the authority to say taking away someone's language , stripping them of their identity holds no value compared to a war. Both are powerful and violent and not needed in this world.

My fingers

move sly against your palm

Like women everywhere, we speak in code...

- Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz

This was powerful because its speaking directly to women. That any woman anywhere knows what a man is capable of and we have to stand together and protect each other. Given a situation where we can not voice our pain or what we are going through that by a squeeze of the hand or a quick and focused eye contact could tell something more than words could. Physical contact in my opinion is greater than verbal because actions speak louder than words.

Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres

(Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are)

- Mexican saying

I believe this not only a Mexican saying but a universal saying. Parents usually are usually the ones who introduces it to children. By saying I don't like you hanging out with those group of friends they give off a bad vibe to me. Throughout the world your identity is not yours to actually say what is right or wrong. From looking from the outside in, if you hang out with a bunch of people who smoke, you will automatically be looked at as a smoker even if you're not.  Although most people will ask why do you hang out with those "bad kids" I still would because you are only judging a book by its cover. You have no idea what this person has been through or going through and I may not even save their lives they will probably save mines.  

Work Cited

• Anzaldua, Gloria. " How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Development Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Bernstein. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.