"Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive"

-- Lou Brock

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“But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around-they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't recognize them for what they are until it's too late.”
“People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think. In fact, one can even get killed for giving me information. I am not the only one in danger. I have examples that prove it.”
“The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.”
“I think when you're drinking you don't have the clarity to think about things. It's not easy to talk about obviously but I think quitting drinking was one of the most important decisions I've ever made for myself. It's not easy, especially when I'm touring and everyone is partying and I'm backstage playing Scrabble or drawing in my notebook because I'm a total nerd now.”
“When a boy writes off the world, it's done with sloppy misspelled words, if / a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive?”

Source : "The Cure". Song by Non-Prophets, album:Hope, 2003.
“It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.”
“In any job, you have to give up certain things, and I believe that having a good quality of life means enjoying certain things only in moderation.”

Source : Interview with Tarek Hijazi, www.askmen.com. January, 2011.
“Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.”

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