Quotables

The third quote about Courage: “Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.”

This quote is attributed to a psychiatrist who examined a little-known suffragette named Alice Paul in 1917, after she was arrested and imprisoned for protesting in front of the White House. Paul and a small group of women were charged with obstructing traffic and not only imprisoned, but beaten and chained to their rat infested cells. Paul staged a hunger strike which resulted in her being moved to a […]

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1rst of 3 quotes about courage. “Better to be be slapped by the truth than kissed by a lie.” — Russian proverb

Courage has been on my mind and under my pencil lately, so I thought I’d dig around and letter up what some greater minds have had to say about the concept. This quote popped up on Facebook recently and stood out so I decided to pencil it out during a recent 0-0 Manchester United vs. Chelsea match. This old proverb talks about courage peripherally, which is why I like

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I could really go for some chocolate covered feelings right now

My new friend Camille Harper routinely says stuff that can keep a hand letterer busy for days. So when I read this Facebook post she made a while back I immediately asked permission to commit it to paper, then pixels. My wife told me it’s now her “PMS poster.” I am hereby smiling and nodding. The process: thanks Norma Talmadge I immediately found inspiration in my vintage photo collection

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