"The torture of being the unseen object, and the constantly observed subject."

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Source : Amiri Baraka (2016). “System of Dante's Hell”, p.158, Akashic Books

Amiri Baraka

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“In India you would find people who belong to the 10 richest people in the entire world, and you would find people whose poverty levels are sub-Saharan in fact practically: people who would probably make less than a dollar a day or would only have enough for one meal. Now, to have these kinds of contrasts coexist, is something which boggles my mind. We have a country that is making great economic progress, a country that is making his presence felt all over the world, but at the same time, it is unable to deal with some of these fundamental contradictions in our economic evolution.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Lament is a cry of belief in a good God, a God who has His ear to our hearts, a God who transfigures the ugly into beauty. Complaint is the bitter howl of unbelief in any benevolent God in this moment, a distrust in the love-beat of the Father's heart.”
“We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.”
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
“I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 29, 2012
“Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.”
“There are holes in the sky Where the rain gets in, But they're ever so small That's why rain is thin.”

Source : Spike Milligan (2004). “The compulsive Spike Milligan”
“I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.”

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