"A society is only as free as its most oppressed and afflicted members."

-- Silvia Tennenbaum

#Freedom Quotes #Society Quotes #Members Quotes

“There are some troubles from which mankind can never escape .... have never claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow from authority .... As a choice of blessings, liberty is the greater; as a choice of evils, liberty is the smaller. Then liberty always says the Anarchist. No use of force except against the invader....”
“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.”
“A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.”
“We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness.”

Source : Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.150, Vintage
“My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats.”
“The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.”
“I find myself getting so upset because I was never able to be a good mother for my daughter or a good grandmother for my granddaughter because I was always so sick. I only hope that I can live long enough to see my granddaughter graduate.”
“I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but its in my heart.”

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