from She Was Right Cora West WhitmanA person can begin by asking,what happened to me,
and end by asking,what is wrong with me.
from Composure Cora West WhitmanSometimes, composureis just a more elegantform of looking away.
from Inconvenient Cora West WhitmanFinding peace with what they didis their work.
Not mine.
from Starstruck Cora West WhitmanI don’t know what pain he carried.I only know it existed alongsideeverything I could see.
We are not only what is visibleabout us. Not only what we produce,or who we stand beside.
We are also what is not said.
from Starstruck Cora West WhitmanNow I think some gapsare not meant to be closed.
Only noticed.
from The Hope Issue Cora West WhitmanI did not lose hopewhen I left.
I found whereI had left it.
from Different Century Cora West WhitmanPatriarchy is not a thing men do.It is the shape of the room,and it was there before any of us walked in,and it does not need a man presentto keep working.
from Inconvenient Cora West WhitmanShame is what keeps the silence.Silence is what keeps the system.
from I Didn’t Know Cora West WhitmanYou do not have to havelost everything to havelost something real.
from Cracked Cora West WhitmanUndoing who you performedis harder than becomingwho you are.
from Enough Cora West WhitmanYou will hear not enoughso many times that you stop noticingit is coming from outside you.
That is when it becomes yours.
from Starstruck Cora West WhitmanProximityis not belonging.
Cora West WhitmanThere is something brewingunder my skinthat deserves to breathe.