"We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line."

-- Langston Hughes

#Color Quotes #Racism Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“I'm trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs.”

Source : Charles Stross (2006). “Glasshouse”, p.88, Penguin
“I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!”
“The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.”
“The greatest demand is not to demand anything, and the greatest service of love is not to turn it into a business: "You kiss me, I'll bring flowers to you. I brought flowers to you, why didn't you kiss me?"-your American way.”
“To say I removes a false impression of a Jovian aloofness.”

Source : Jerome Frank (1973). “Courts on Trial: Myth and Reality in American Justice”, p.8, Princeton University Press
“I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.”
“One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.”
“I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.”

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