The easiest answer is that racism and sexism and class warfare are resilient and necessary for global capitalism.
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“It was evident to him that the world composed and recomposed itself constantly in an endless process of dissatisfaction.”
― Ragtime
― Ragtime
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated.”
― Sexing the Cherry
― Sexing the Cherry
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