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“"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."”
Source : Paul Rusesabagina (2009). “An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda”, p.29, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me?”
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“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.”
Source : W. E. B. Du Bois (1980). “Prayers for Dark People”
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“I doubt that Fidel will ever come back to power. I think he is slowly going to the great beyond. Too slowly . . . he could have gone a long time ago.”
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“I've always been literally a lover of the absurd. I think the absurd gives a new dimension to reality and even to common sense. And life, you know, on an everyday basis, is absurd, or may turn out to be absurd. There's no reality without absurdity.”
Source : Interview with Burgin Streetman, www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com. July 1, 2013. 
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“The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly”
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“Give no man sympathy because he has to work - it is his blessing that he can.”
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“Women also lose sight of their goals by taking on extra responsibilities. We are virtual responsibility magnets. We don't make these decisions consciously or deliberately, but out of the fear that if we don't act on a need, it will never get resolved. ... But we fail to realize that once we become responsible for something, we may be responsible to it forever.”
Source : Pat Heim, Susan K. Golant (2005). “Hardball for Women: Revised Edition”, p.211, Penguin
