"I would rather die upon yonder gallows, than live in slavery."

“I never would've imagined in the first part of my life that I could've stood up and said anything. The war in Vietnam changed me. I was so angry. Some of my speeches probably weren't well considered.”

“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!”

Source : Belva Plain (2009). “Evergreen”, p.296, Dell

“God cannot be found on a microscopic slide, but in the hearts of men.”

“You never have to advertise a fire.”

“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”

“No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.”

“I suffer from a spiritual malaise which manifests itself in outbursts of vicious rage.”

“I might ask about the first time a person heard a song that they really responded to, like when I asked Mos Def when he first "got" hip-hop and he went into this memory about how hearing someone rap really affected him. He wasn't simply remembering the event. It was almost like he was occupying that space again. When you can really transport an interview subject like that, your readers can feel it and it helps them to connect with the artist.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net