"A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you will pause, clasp your hands on your throbbing head, and listen with horrible anxiety whether the scream proceeded from you or them."

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Source : Charles Robert Maturin (2008). “Melmoth the Wanderer: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.75, ReadHowYouWant.com

Charles Robert Maturin

#Depression Quotes #Echoes Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.”
“My hair is too fine to bleach. I get so much breakage, it's not worth it to dye it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.”

Source : Derrick Jensen (2012). “The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution”, p.198, Seven Stories Press
“The Indian never hurts anything, but the white people destroy all ... How can the spirit of the earth like the white man? That is why God will upset the world - because it is sore all over. Everywhere the white man has touched it, it is sore.”
“If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our youth from the dreadful influence of such novels as 'Three Cycles, Not To Mention The Rug,' which dreadful book I have found within the past month in the hands of at least twenty children in the neighborhood, not one of whom was past sixty.”

Source : John Kendrick Bangs (2014). “The Autobiography of Methuselah”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.”
“Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.”
“I think we are living in an era of being hyper-concerned about, Is it us? Because we have this historical awareness. People really want to know: will it be us or our kids or our grandkids to live through this? We don't want it to happen, we don't want to be the ones with the poisoned water, but at the same time, I think there is this curiosity, like, Am I one of the "lucky" ones who gets to be here at the end? That's the tension I'm interested in.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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