"Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation."

-- Paula Gunn Allen

#Outsiders Quotes #Groups Quotes #Separation Quotes

“Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.”

Source : James Freeman Clarke (1877). “The hour which cometh, and now is: sermons”
“No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.”
“Going through puberty as a young girl is so confusing. This monster invades your body, changes things and makes things grow, and no one tells you what's going on.”
“What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish?”

Source : 1747 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, l.23-4.
“When any civilization is dust and ashes," he said, "art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaningâ€”human meaning, that isâ€”is defined by them. You have to admit that.”
“Exists no miracle mightier than this: to feel.”

Source : "95 poems (89)". Book by E. E. Cummings, 1958.
“I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.”
“Remember the poor, it costs nothing.”

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