"You deserve to die," I whisper, suddenly realizing Iv'e said the words aloud. "Excuse me?" "Nothing." "Not nothing. You just told me that I deserve to be maggot feed." "Not maggot feed, just-" "Dead!" "Forget it" "I don't know why I said that. Just daydreaming, I guess." "Daydreaming about my death?" "Forget it", I repeat. "Are you sure you aren't still mad that I wouldn't let you borrow my vintage fishnet leggings?" "More like I didn't want to borrow them,"

-- Laurie Faria Stolarz

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“A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.”

Source : "Gil Scott-Heron: More Than a Revolution" by Andrew Nosnitsky, pitchfork.com. January 18, 2012.
“We need to realize that we should be on the side of any human being who is oppressed.”
“The only thing you have to know are your words.”
“You can't solve a spiritual problem with politics. You may as well as throw the Parliament to a drowning man.”
“If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.”
“The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.”

Source : Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.373, Simon and Schuster
“We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.”
“To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.74, Prestwick House Inc

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