"He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done made others suffer. No matter how much he would long for them to forget him, they would not be able to. His family was a part of him, not only in blood, but in spirit."

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Source : Richard Wright (1957). “Native Son”, p.277, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Richard Wright

#Blood Quotes #Long Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous.”

Source : "Can you give the public what it wants?" by Edgar Dale, 1967.
“Letâ€™s not ask Barbara Walters about how Muslim women feel. Letâ€™s not ask Tom Brokaw how Muslim women feel. Letâ€™s not ask CNN, ABC, FOX, The London Times, or the Australia Times. Letâ€™s not ask non-Muslims how Muslim women feel, how they live, what are their principles, and what are their challenges. If you want to be fair, ask a Muslim woman. Ask my wife. Ask my mother. Ask a Muslim woman who knows her religion, who has a relationship with her Creator, who is stable in her society, understands her responsibilities. Ask her.”
“I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.”
“Cotton balls is an example of something I would buy, but not want to have as a nickname. Cinnamon buns, on the other hand, is something I would buy and want to have as a nickname. 'Are you Cinnamon Buns?' 'You bet your sweet ***** I am.'”
“Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.”
“I used to be an atheist, until I realized I had nothing to shout during blowjobs. Oh Random Chance! Oh Random Chance! just doesn't cut itâ€¦.”
“Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.”
“Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.”

Source : Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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