"We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality."

-- Mikhail Bakunin

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“There's no repentance in the grave.”

Source : 'Solemn Thoughts of God and Death' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)
“Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.”
“Where beats a heart within a human breast, There be Thou present, and Thy power adored! And oh! since all are doom'd one common race To run, and one eternal goal to reach, May Thy prime attribute each bosom warm With tender sympathy and truth; may man Be link'd to man in fellowship of soul, Till one vast chain of Love embrace the world!”

Source : "The Omnipresence of the Deity: And Other Poems".
“I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living.”
“Loss isn't an absence after all. It is a presence. A strong presence right next to me. I look at it. It doesn't look like anything, that's what is so strange. It just fits in.”

Source : Jackie Kay (2016). “Trumpet: Picador Classic”, p.18, Pan Macmillan
“Somehow, in many of those near-miss instances, Iâ€™ve managed to fight through and continue. But in all these situations, even when theyâ€™re apparently going well, I feel I am living on the razorâ€™s edge between success and failure, adulation and humiliationâ€”between justifying my existence and revealing my unworthiness to be alive,”
“I never trash talk, I don't like to trash talk. I like to be friends with all the other boxers.”

Source : Source: www.boxinginsider.com
“The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.”

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