Brandi L. Bates

Quotes

• “When my son speaks of playing sports, I've always told him: playing on the team is great, but aspire to be the guy who o...”
• “Like caterpillars our metamorphosis begins with what comes from our mouth. Caterpillars spin silk cocoons from the mouth...”
• “No matter what the industry you choose to ultimately invest all your time and energy in, be sure you're the owner, found...”
• “I would tell my 14 year old self to never ever, ever put all of your money in one bank account. And love the ones who lo...”
• “Whatever it is you want in this life, be it material things, a place you want to be, or an experience you want to have, ...”
• “When the door to my writing chamber gasps shut and the almost imperceptible sigh of a rose petal falls on my desk, I kno...”
• “Give me Pablo Neruda, picnic beneath a full moon & iridescent stars, black olives, cherries, dark things, canoe on a riv...”
• “The most empowering thing you can do though is to create innovative ways to bring in livable wages. That begins with a d...”
• “Never accept yourself as a finished product. Be a finished product when you die. As long as you have breath in your lung...”
• “I will Basquiat the canvas of your body like a Broadway Junction wall…and Gordon Parks you for those dark midnights when...”
• “Every morning I look in the mirror and remind myself: "No one owes you sh*t!" In this way, I am never disappointed. Neve...”
• “Some books must be sipped slowly like a strong bourbon. Most books must be devoured more than once because as you age yo...”
• “You and those shot-glass eyes, deep swirling pools of 80-proof firewater, with the depth and profundity of Saturn’s spin...”
• “Everyone's life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remo...”
• “Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus withou...”
• “Understand: I don't ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater...in all things, in all circum...”
• “No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, ...”
• “The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all ...”
• “Most people don't have real friends. You have people in your life waiting for opportunities to see what YOU can do for t...”
• “can't even sleep through the night without you and those sun-dried ginger ale complected limbs crocheted into my thighs....”
• “thighs made of hymns, I read 'em like I'm reading runes. Now tell me where my future lies...your neck, can I Savion on i...”
• “Unapologetically smitten with thunderstorms...the thought of rough sex beneath an acid washed moon and hydrated stars...”
• “His ruby red rimmed moist eyes were two glasses of cranberry. He wore a cashmere sweater the color of Earl Grey tea...”
• “A writer will divine a metaphor from a pattern on a dress, or a gesture, because sunsets have been done before.”
• “The light of an early Summer afternoon as it slips toward dusk has so many good things wrapped up in it..”
• “The greatest minds are like film, they take the negatives and develop themselves in darkness...”
• “Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.”
• “You will be perpetually unhappy if you continue to refuse to walk in your calling.”
• “Lowkey punchdrunk off this Sangria-sweet love and all it’s prodigious trappings…”
• “Fruit falls when you shake the tree. You have to keep making things happen.”
• “Some roses grow through concrete. Remember that.”
• “Quality sells itself. No hype needed.”
• “Be selective in your battles...”