"When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn't know."

-- Sylvia Plath

#Bell Jar Quotes #Said Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“The Afrocentric exploration of the black past only scratches the surface. A full examination of the ancestry of those who are referred to in the newspapers as blacks and African Americans must include Europe and Native America.”
“I don't know why my lines that were cut from the film didn't make it onto the DVD. I have offered to go into the editing room with Christopher and work shoulder to shoulder with him to fit all my lines in. I think he thinks I'm kidding. I'm only trying to help.”
“if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.”
“Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe.”
“Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.”
“The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.”
“There is just one life for each of us: our own.”
“...and it is a serious matter to destroy a man's faith without replacing it.”

Source : Victor Serge (2014). “Birth of Our Power”, p.109, PM Press

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