"Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail."

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Source : Native Son bk. 1 (1940)

Richard Wright

#White Quotes #Jail Quotes #Black Quotes

“Christian love means two things at once: to recognize the Lord in one's neighbor and to recognize one's neighbor in the Lord.”

Source : Adrienne von Speyr, Adrian Walker (2008). “Lumina and New Lumina”, p.15, Ignatius Press
“Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!”

Source : "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.
“It is not enough to be busy we must be productive. Everyone can account for every hour of the day but that does not mean anything was accomplished of value.”
“The truth is the President of the United States used the same device that Slobodan Milosevic used in Serbia. When you appeal to homophobia, when you appeal to sexism, when you appeal to racism, that is extraordinarily damaging to the country.”
“If you care about animals, there is one and only one choice: go vegan. Â Can you choose not to be vegan? Â Sure. Â You can choose not to care.”
“To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.”

Source : 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' (1961) ch. 2
“..but maybe this was a defense mechanism. Maybe my mind was making me see things I refused to accept were gone forever. It was filling the void, because that was easier than letting go.”
“There are those who will find [Albert Camus] notions about absurdity appealing, and others who will be drawn by the solar side of his work, about Algeria, the heat and so on.”

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