“Democracies die more often through the ballot box than at gunpoint.”
― Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
― Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
“The most powerful antidotes to cruelty, abuse, and indifference are not anger and sadness, but love, peace, joy, and openhearted creative enthusiasm for this precious gift of a human life. Just as Thich Nhat Hanh has wisely said that without inner peace, we cannot contribute to the peace movement, so it is also that without inner freedom, we cannot contribute to the liberation of animals, which is the essential prerequisite to meaningful human freedom.”
― The World Peace Diet
― The World Peace Diet
“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind—the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy,” Robinson said. He added that he now knew “how it felt to be a Jew in Hitler’s Germany.”40”
― How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
― How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
― The Giver Quartet Omnibus Deluxe Collector's Edition
― The Giver Quartet Omnibus Deluxe Collector's Edition
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