"As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them."

-- Maya Angelou

#Lonely Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Book Quotes

“Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is not the day when the jig is finally up.”

Source : FaceBook post by David Rakoff from Apr 22, 2013
“What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.”

Source : Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated
“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”
“He had called girls to him before. There was nothing so easy whether you were walking into a classroom, a club, or down the street. All you had to do was send out the right signals, give her the right look, turn your body the right way, and never for a moment let it cross your mind that she might not be interested.”
“Out of the blue and into the black”
“As Americans we've gotta make sure that we begin to rebuild and get our military the resources they need to defend us.”

Source : "Liz Cheney: We Must Unify Behind Trump". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. August 12, 2016.
“I saw people rise out of poverty right in front of me. ... It made me believe that the market was the most powerful tool for change that we could hope to have.”
“Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture.”

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