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“A cyclical process of charm/no charm is the most likely scenario, as societies, similarly to human bodies, seek renewal and change.”
― Julia Sonnevend, Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics

“They were there because I had declared that homosexuals' civil rights had been infringed by society, and advocated that their equality with heterosexuals be supported by the laws. The Boston gay militants were only showing their approval, although I could have wished they were not camping it up quite so flagrantly. But I was delighted with the expressions on the audience's faces, and I gave the young man a cordial greeting. It did not end there; for the rest of the afternoon, as we went on to a rally outdoors near a large housing project, the gays appointed themselves my advance men; voters' mouths hung open as they were handed literature by men in drag who urged, "Vote for Shirley on Tuesday!”
― Shirley Chisholm, The Good Fight

“To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground

“Chava Levy, he thought, you are a hard fact to live with. All at once his throat filled with tears. Holding back a sob, he left his spot at the sanctuary door and returned to the street. He could no longer hear the chanting, but his mind took up the thread, leading him unwillingly through the rest of the service as he walked back to the Sheltering House.”
― Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Jinni