"Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest."

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Lorraine Hansberry

#Pieces Quotes #Protest Quotes

“Young man, make your name worth something.”
“To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.”
“Humour in its highest reach mingles with pathos: it voices sorrow for our human lot and reconciliation with it.”
“Life is a tragedy of nutrition”

Source : Arnold Ehret (2012). “Mucusless Diet Healing System: Scientific Method of Eating Your Way to Health”, p.80, Book Publishing Company
“The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that it explains the way in which art takes its materials from real life.”

Source : Leland Ryken (2011). “The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing”, p.60, Shaw Books
“Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.”
“In this modern day and age, we have instant coffee, instant tea - instant disbelief. That's the reason we will never become anything. It is because we will never believe in ourselves. We will always listen to the mass majority. If everybody's making fun of you and criticizing you, then you know you're on the right track. 'Cause most people ain't got it.”
“Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!”

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