chris roeder

“THE VIKING TERROR Bitter is the wind to-night, It tosses the ocean's white hair: To-night I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway Coursing on the Irish Sea.”
― Kuno Meyer, Ancient Irish Poetry

“HOSPITALITY O King of stars! Whether my house be dark or bright, Never shall it be closed against any one, Lest Christ close His house against me. If there be a guest in your house And you conceal aught from him, 'Tis not the guest that will be without it, But Jesus, Mary's Son.”
― Kuno Meyer, Ancient Irish Poetry

“I trust to take of truest Thisby's sight.              But stay;—O spite!              But mark,—poor knight,          What dreadful dole is here!              Eyes, do you see?              How can it be?          O dainty duck! O dear!              Thy mantle good,              What! stained with blood?          Approach, ye furies fell!              O fates! come, come;              Cut thread and thrum;          Quail, rush, conclude, and quell!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

“But the crucial point is that Marx's definition of class and class conflict under capitalism is hopelessly muddled and totally wrong. How can 'capitalists' , even in the same industry let alone in the entire social system, have any thing crucial in common? Brahmins and slaves, in a caste system, certainly enjoy a common class-interest, in conflict with other castes. But what is the common 'class-interest' of the 'capitalist class'? On the contrary, capitalist firms are in continual competition and rivalry with each other. They compete for raw material, for labour, for sales and customers”
― Anonymous