Daniel

“The resignation of its inhabitants encouraged me to relax. They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was coming to them, although a great deal more was due. Their decision to be satisfied with life's inequities was a lesson for me.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“I don't know if our power to forget makes humans stronger, more self-destructive, or maybe both.”
― Charlie Jane Anders

“Without the U.S. embargo, the Revolution couldn't have survived. It'd needed a common enemy to blame for its economic ills. In the end consumerism, not guns would destroy Socialism. Microwaves and computers, motorcycles, iPhones, Omaha Steaks.”
― Cristina García, King of Cuba

“Gil says he wrote the song in the first person, rather than the third, to avoid making it sound accusatory. "If you do things in the first person, then even people with those kinds of problems can look at them because you're not talking about them. You're talking about yourself. They can look at themselves by looking at you.”
― Marcus Baram, Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man