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Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee of equality is not simply a contemplative exercise in defining the shape of a just society. It is an order
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Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.
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If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.
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Death in various forms is sometimes comforting, while resurrection and new life can be demanding and threatening. If I lived as if resurrection were real, and allowed myself to die for the sake of a new life, what might I be called upon to do?
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Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.
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I was sick of the way my lyrics had been extrapolated, their meanings subverted into polemics and that I had been anointed as the Big Bubba of Rebellion, High Priest of Protest, the Duke of Disobedience, Leader of the Freeloaders, Kaiser of Apostasy, Archbishop of Anarchy, the Big Cheese. Horrible titles any way you want to look at it. All code words for Outlaw.
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People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
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Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.
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When someone tells you the truth about something, they become loveable.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.