Elsa L

“To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.”
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“The wealthy exert a commanding influence over the state through virtually unlimited political campaign contributions, armies of lobbyists, the revolving door that shuffles former government officials into corporate jobs as consultants and lobbyists (and moves bankers into positions in financial regulatory agencies), and the aforementioned control of news and media outlets that defines both the subjects of public discourse and the range of acceptable opinion.”
― David A. Nibert, Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict

“When we seem to have won or lost in terms of certainties, we must, as literature teachers in the classroom, remember such warnings -- let literature teach us that there are no certainties, that the process is open, and that it may be altogether salutary that it is so.”
― Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Death of a Discipline

“Writing is a journey into the unknown.”
― Charlie Kaufman