"I question whether I want to be integrated into America as it stands now, with its complacency and materialism, its soullessness ..."

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Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.90, Feminist Press at CUNY

Paule Marshall

#America Quotes #Complacency Quotes #United States Quotes

“Without love no life left on earth.”

Source : Song: Without Love, Album: Now in a Minute
“There's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the world as we find it. It's a tool of protection, but it can also be a tool of incision to get to some truth. But along the way maybe we've lost some of what I think of as the power of straightforward emotion and earnestness and seriousness.”
“When you're in your lane, there's no traffic.”
“The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.”
“Glacial pace is actually an incorrect concept. The glaciers move a lot faster and they react a lot faster than people imagine.”
“For malice will with joy the lie receive, Report, and what it wishes true believe.”

Source : Thomas YALDEN (1833). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Yalden: to which is Prefixed, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by the Editor. Magnet Edition”, p.73
“There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.”
“Life! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; Tis hard to part when friends are dear,- Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear. Then steal away, give little warning. Choose thine own time, Say not "Good-night," but in some brighter clime, Bid me "Good-morning."”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.175, Broadview Press

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