"European society has always been divided into classes in a way that American society never has been. A European writer considers himself to be part of an old and honorable tradition--of intellectual activity, of letters--and his choice of a vocation does not cause him any uneasy wonder as to whether or not it will cost him all his friends. But this tradition does not exist in America."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Class Quotes #America Quotes #Choices Quotes

“Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.”
“To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.”

Source : John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (2010). “Modern English Drama”, p.116, Cosimo, Inc.
“Every five-year-old kid should have a pair of happy pajamas. (217)”

Source : Heather Gudenkauf (2013). “The Weight of Silence: A Novel of Suspense”, p.217, Harlequin
“Then I yelled through his door, "It's an anniversary gift for you, asshole. Two whole weeks early. FIFTEEN YEARS IS BIG METAL CHICKENS.”
“Here is the crisis of the times as I see it: We talk about problems, issues, policies, but we don't talk about what democracy means what it bestows on us the revolutionary idea that it isn't just about the means of governance but the means of dignifying people so they become fully free to claim their moral and political agency.”
“I get along fine with the press.”

Source : "I was up at six. I've a party to go to. So what is it you want?". Interview with Rachel Cooke, October 1, 2006.
“I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes.”
“The ideas of people in general are not raised higher than the roofs of the houses. All their interests extend over the earth's surface in a layer of that thickness. The meeting-house steeple reaches out of their sphere.”

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