"All the aftermath that so frequently follows in the wake of war still confront the nation, and we now, as ever before, must hold fast to the ancient landmarks and see to it that all of these plagues that threaten so mightily shall be rendered harmless."

-- Bill Vaughan

#War Quotes #Aftermath Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“Do not need to look for reasons to hate when there is reason to love.”
“Originality is merely an illusion.”
“Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.”
“Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.”
“I feel connected to every other creative element because I have a creative soul. My isolation is not through the work it's through not being able to connect with mediocrity. When I was younger I was a punk and then when I got married and had children I became a mother. They are the only two memberships to any clan-like cultures that I have ever embraced.”
“A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.”

Source : "Francis Picabia, Trouble Maker" by Peter Schjeldahl, www.newyorker.com. November 28, 2016.
“I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and thats very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.”
“To me, "sexual freedom" means freedom from having to have sex.”

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