"I was not allowed to be an individual. I was black and I was a woman - and I was a black woman."

-- Shola Lynch

#Black Quotes #Black Women Quotes #Individual Quotes

“If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.”
“Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient.”
“There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.”
“Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.”

Source : "NiceWork If You Can Get It" (song) (1937)
“No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.”
“The first hit on the nervous system is the one I'm most interested in, because I think if you hit the reader emotionally, the reader can't guarantee the lessons they would like to learn.”
“Further, Dr. Gold said with a straight face, the pill at optimum dosage could have the side effect of impotence. Until that moment, although I'd had some trouble with his personality, I had not thought him totally lacking in perspicacity; now I was not all sure. Putting myself in Dr. Gold's shoes, I wondered if he seriously thought that this juiceless and ravaged semi-invalid with the shuffle and the ancient wheeze woke up each morning from his Halcion sleep eager for carnal fun.”

Source : William Styron (2010). “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness”, p.31, Open Road Media
“I wanted to be sure that my donation did two things: went directly into the hands of hurricane victims and that it was an amount that could really impact their lives and make a difference.”

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