"To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame."

-- Mary C. Ames

#Fate Quotes #Names Quotes #Water Quotes

“There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.”
“The race question is subsidiary to the class question in politics, and to think of imperialism in terms of race is disastrous. But to neglect the racial factor as merely incidental is an error only less grave than to make it fundamental.”

Source : C L R James (2001). “The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution”, p.351, Penguin UK
“In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But that disavowal, time softens, and if we do not believe, we hope. Belief is easier to kill, somehow, and its death easier to bear.”
“There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.”
“There is naught a man or woman can not learn who hath the wit.”
“Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.”
“People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.”
“I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.”

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