Marks Quotes

What we leave behind, and why it matters.

These quotes play with the many meanings of 'marks' - the courage required to earn a true gift, the way time marks us even as we mark time ourselves, and a more personal image of tooth marks left on the heart.


One closing line ties preserving a language to holding on to a nation's freedom itself. See more on Identity and the quiet Judgment we carry about what leaves a lasting mark.