"The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it."

-- John Steinbeck

#Men Quotes #Monsters Quotes #Great Depression Quotes

“... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised, the fear of becoming the they that is talked about so dismissively, to refuse lying myths and easy moralities, to see ourselves as human, flawed, and extraordinary. All of us extraordinary”

Source : Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.25, Open Road Media
“It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.”
“If there were Satan, I would gladly sell my soul to him to prevent Sting from making another record.”
“I feel like we as human beings are trampling all over the natural world, but at the same time, we are totally in its power.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Romantic Egoist: The thing is... it seems like you'd like to say something, but just can't.”
“If you want to control other people, first control yourself.”
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.”
“I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.”

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