Hunter Holt-Barry

“The English public has commonly professed, with a kind of pride, that it cannot understand Mr. Bernard Shaw. There are many reasons for it which ought to be adequately considered in such a book as this. But the first and most obvious reason is the mere statement that George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856. At least one reason why Englishmen cannot understand Mr. Shaw is that Englishmen have never taken the trouble to understand Irishmen. They will sometimes be generous to Ireland; but never just to Ireland. They will speak to Ireland; they will speak for Ireland; but they will not hear Ireland speak.”
― George Bernard Shaw, George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Essays, lectures, and letters on drama, politics, religion, society by a Nobel laureate

“No individual can develop all his powers if he is even partially under the control of another, even if that other sincerely wishes him well.”
― James Connolly

“many in [the NDP] are fundamentally more comfortable with opposition than with the difficulties of power… if we ever actually won an election, they would demand a recount”
― Bob Rae, From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics

“Guilt rouged within me like an alligator writhing to drown its victim.”
― Mirà Kanehl, What Happened in the Marshlands: A One Virtue and a Thousand Crimes Short Story