"Broad-streeted Richmond . . . The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name."

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Source : STEPHEN VINCENT BENET (1928). “JOHN BROWN'S BODY”

Stephen Vincent Benet

#Names Quotes #People Quotes #Tree Quotes

“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”
“If any of us hopes to survive, she must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive and indefensible subjugation of the majority of Americans cannot continue except at the peril of the entire body politic.”
“[R]eal charity doesn't mean giving away someone else's money.”
“Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it's really any and all of us.”
“We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity to experience nourishing relationships.”
“I've always thrown like a girl.”
“We are born into this world unarmed - our mind is our only weapon.”
“Cena, love him or not, connects with the ticket buying public better than any one in the biz. End of story.”

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