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Oscar Wilde
“I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.”
Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Ryszard Kapuściński
“Światu grozą trzy plagi, trzy zarazy.
Pierwsza - to plaga nacjonalizmu.
Druga - to plaga rasizmu.
Trzecia - to plaga religijnego fundamentalizmu.
Te trzy plagi mają te samą cechę, wspólny mianownik - jest nim agresywna, wszechwładna, totalna irracjonalność.
Do umysłu porażonego jedną z tych plag nie sposób dotrzeć. W takiej głowie pali się święty stos, który tylko czeka na ofiary. Wszelka próba spokojnej rozmowy będzie mijać się z celem. Nie o rozmowę mu chodzi, tylko o deklaracje. Żebyś mu przytaknął, przyznał rację, podpisał akces. Inaczej w jego oczach nie masz znaczenia, nie istniejesz, ponieważ liczysz się tylko jako narzędzie, jako instrument, jako oręż. Nie ma ludzi - jest sprawa.”
Ryszard Kapuściński

Alice Walker
“What will people say, you running off to Memphis like you don't have a house to look after?
Shug say, Albert. Try to think like you got some sense. Why any woman give a shit what people think is a mystery to me.
Well, say Grady, trying to bring light. A woman can't git a man if peoples talk.
Shug look at me and us giggle. Then us sure nuff. Then Squeak start to laugh. Then Sofia. All us laugh and laugh.”
Alice Walker, The Color Purple

William Styron
Someday I will understand Auschwitz. This was a brave statement but innocently absurd. No one will ever understand Auschwitz. What I might have set down with more accuracy would have been: Someday I will write about Sophie's life and death, and thereby help demonstrate how absolute evil is never extinguished from the world. Auschwitz itself remains inexplicable. The most profound statement yet made about Auschwitz was not a statement at all, but a response.

The query: "At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?"

And the answer: "Where was man?”
William Styron, Sophie’s Choice

Harper Lee
“We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.”
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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