Theo

“I was thinking, no doubt, of our nights in bed, of the peculiar innocence and confidence which will never come again... nothing is more unbearable, once on has it, than freedom.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“As a means of alleviating poverty, Christian charity was worse than useless, as could be seen in the Papal states, which abounded in it. But it was popular not only among the traditionalist rich, who cherished it as a safeguard against the evil of equal rights... but also among the traditionalist poor, who were profoundly convinced that they had a right to crumbs from the rich man's table.”
― Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848

“The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you.”
― Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong