"To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed."

-- John Henrik Clarke

#People Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Oppression Quotes

“Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life...”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.217, A&C Black
“We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.”
“I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2006). “A Girl of the Limberlost”, p.221, Applewood Books
“You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.”
“Food is art, I believe. If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way.”
“So while in men's magazines success is a power tool to get sex and love, and therefore the look of success is crucial, in women's magazines love and sex are power tools to get success and therefore both the look of love and the sexual tease/promise are crucial.”
“Silence may be as variously shaded as speech.”
“Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.”

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