Helen Stein

“Do not be deceived by the outside appearance of order in our plutocratic society. It fares with it as it does with the older norms of war, that there is an outside look of quite wonderful order about it; how neat and comforting the steady march of the regiment; how quiet and respectable the sergeants look; how clean the polished cannon ... the looks of adjutant and sergeant as innocent-looking as may be, nay, the very orders for destruction and plunder are given with a quiet precision which seems the very token of a good conscience; this is the mask that lies before the ruined cornfield and the burning cottage, and mangled bodies, the untimely death of worthy men, the desolated home.”
― William Morris

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

“I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

“We are only the trustees for those who come after us.”
― William Morris, William Morris by Himself: Designs and Writings