All mothers breed dead children.

— Mie Hansson

All mothers breed dead children. They shall, perhaps, live later. When no longer dead, they are born Not—by coincidence, by choice.

— Mie Hansson

Beneath her thinnest skin and light, a fuse leads way too dynamite.

— Mie Hansson

Do not judge a woman on her knees: you never know how tall she is when she stands.

— Mie Hansson

Do not judge a woman on her knees_you never know how tall she is when she stands!

— Mie Hansson

Everything is possible in America, except the production of intelligence.

— Mie Hansson

Had I only known my letters Would be of such importance’d empty myself on paper Every single morning’And it was for such reason, as she read his little stanza, that she decided to stamponefinalletter:‘Every single morning’d empty myself on paper You were my greater importance That’s why I wrote you letters?

— Mie Hansson

I ain’t scared to lend a hand ain’t scared to clench it either

— Mie Hansson

I am the interpretation of the prophet am the artist in the coffin am the brave flag stained with blood am the wounds overcome am the dream refusing to sleep am the bare-breasted voice of liberty am the comic the insult and the laugh am the right the middle and the left am the poached eggs in the sky am the Parisian streets at night am the dance that swings till dawn am the grass on the greener lawn am the respectful neighbor and the graceful Mani am the encouraging smile and the helping hand am the straight back and the lifted China am the tender heart and the will to win am the rainbow in rain am the human who won’t die in vain am Athena of Greek mythology am the religion that praises equality am the woman of stealth and affection am the man of value and compassion am the wild horse sloughing through am the shoulder to lean onto am the Muslim the Jew and the Christian am the Dane the French and the Palestinian am the straight the square and the round am the white the black and the brown am the free speech and the free press am the freedom to express will die for my right to be all the above here mentioned And should threaten encounter I’ll pull my pencil

— Mie Hansson

I have not encouraged talk about man’s holy privacy, although I do respect and defend man’s right to have it.

— Mie Hansson