There is a power in names. Olakunde told us of ashe-the power which runs through all things, subtle and flexible, which find its most potent expression in human utterance; so that it is a terrible thing to call down imprecations on an enemy, or to wish for anything but good, for what is said out loud is forged into truth.
Matthew Tobin AndersonYou made her apologize for sickness. For her courage. You made her feel sorry for dying.
Matthew Tobin AndersonWe Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.
Matthew Tobin AndersonI write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years.
Matthew Tobin Anderson