Quotes
Authors
Joy Williams

"For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and sorrow. If animals did have voices, and they could speak with the tongues of angels-at the very least with the tongues of angels-they would be unable to save themselves from us. What good would language do? Their mysterious otherness has not saved them, nor have their beautiful songs and coats and skins and shells and eyes."

-- Joy Williams

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“We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.”
“To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend.”
“A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.... the black communities of America must rise up as one man to halt the progression of a trend that leads inevitably to their total destruction.”

Source : Bobby Seale (1991). “Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton”, p.162, Black Classic Press
“in darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone.”
“One of the most powerful forces in human nature is our belief that change is possible.”
“I've never really had any barrier to break I guess. I don't really have anything to rebel against. I'm quite lucky.”
“Nobody Beats Us! served as our main trigger... We practiced using trigger words, private verbal keys, which unlocked certain thoughts for us. We had a half-dozen phrases-some dealt with maintaining our technique, two dealt with maintaining our technique, two dealt with our stroke rating. The most powerful phrase was 'Nobody Beats Us!' According to our plan, when I said these words to Paul toward the end of the race, we would immediately shift into our final sprint, rowing as high and hard as possible, straight through, until we crossed the finish line.”
“When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.”

Source : Georgette Heyer (2010). “A Blunt Instrument”, p.118, Random House

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