

“...the passion of love separated its victim terribly from everyone but the loved object.”
― The Portrait of a Lady
― The Portrait of a Lady

“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.”
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“What struck me as I began to study history was how nationalist fervor--inculcated from childhood on by pledges of allegiance, national anthems, flags waving and rhetoric blowing--permeated the educational systems of all countries, including our own. I wonder now how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own. Then we could never drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, or napalm on Vietnam, or wage war anywhere, because wars, especially in our time, are always wars against children, indeed our children.”
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

“We're sort of like the town whore that's finally become an institution. We're finally becoming respectable.”
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