"I whisper and you close your eyes. I speak and you turn away. If I scream, will you finally hear me beg you to hold me close to you, promise you'll never let go?"

-- Ellen Hopkins

#Letting Go Quotes #Eye Quotes #Promise Quotes

“If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.”
“Dress is an index of your contents.”
“Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.”

Source : William Henry Hudson (2015). “Green Mansions”, p.12, Sheba Blake Publishing
“Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.”

Source : Gary L. Francione (2009). “Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation”, p.69, Columbia University Press
“We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.”

Source : "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.
“In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. The shadow of my elbow rests on the shadow table as the shadow ink flows over the shadow paper. It is all symbolic, and as a symbol the physicist leaves it. ... The frank realization that physical science is concerned with a world of shadows is one of the most significant of recent advances.”
“The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force, implies no motion, and is least emotive. Therefore, it is the best form to use as a basic unit for any more elaborate function, the grammatical device from which the work may proceed.”
“When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The mutual support provided by men for each other is the strongest bulwark we have against the excesses of authority.”

Source : "Obedience to Authority : An Experimental View". Book by Stanley Milgram, p. 121, 1974.

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