"I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love."

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Source : Lorraine Hansberry (1994). “The Collected Last Plays”, Vintage

Lorraine Hansberry

#Beautiful Quotes #Wish Quotes

“Why the devil was my husband positively grinning - and with what looked remarkably like relief?”
“In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant.”
“We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away.”
“Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.”
“Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephants, their life is that of a human in a war-torn country. Ravaged homes, killed relatives, separation," Damian says. Here's another thing I've learned over two months--every elephants here has a sad story. Every captive elephant's story is one of loss and separation. Something to remember every time you see happy people getting elephant rides.”
“It was the ideal of living in Eretz Yisrael that took me out of my house, out of my country and caused me to travel from my place. I left my house; I repudiated my inheritance...Why? Because I wished to travel to the bosom of my mother, Eretz Yisrael.”
“Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you.”
“Was I the best husband? No. And I regret it.”

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