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Tag Archives: the power

The Way We Think About Our Past

⁣”The way we think about our past informs what we think is possible today.“ (Quote by Naomi Alderman, The Power; hand lettering by Emily PG Erickson)

What does it open up for you if you think about the past in a different way?⁣

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonOctober 19, 2018January 22, 2024Posted inBooks, Feminism, Anti-Racism, LGBTQIA+, & Social Justice, Hand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:book quotes, feminist quotes, hand lettering, inspirational quotes, the powerLeave a comment on The Way We Think About Our Past

Because They Could

“One of them says, ‘Why did they do it?’⁣ And the other says, ‘Because they could.’⁣ That is the only answer there ever is.” (The Power, Naomi Alderman; hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Even more wisdom from Naomi Alderman’s The Power.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 15, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand LetteringTags:books, hand lettering, naomi alderman, power, the powerLeave a comment on Because They Could

The Trouble With History

“This is the trouble with history. You can’t see what’s not there. You can look at an empty space and see that something is missing, but there’s no way to know what it was.” (The Power by Naomi Alderman; hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Wisdom from Naomi Alderman’s book The Power.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 14, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Self-HelpTags:books, hand lettering, history, inspirational quotes, perspective, reading, the powerLeave a comment on The Trouble With History

It’s What I’m Going To Do

It's not what I've done, Allie thinks to herself, it's what I'm going to do (Hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson))

Balancing the past and future.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 9, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:books, growth, hand lettering, hope, naomi alderman, optimism, the powerLeave a comment on It’s What I’m Going To Do

Impossible Becomes Possible

Everyday day one grows a little every day something is different so that in the heaping up of days suddenly a thing that was impossible becomes possible (handlettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Inspirational quote from Naomi Alderman on hope, growth, and possibility.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 7, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:books, growth, impossible, inspirational quotes, mental health reminders, naomi alderman, possible, the powerLeave a comment on Impossible Becomes Possible

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