“Green was the silence, wet was the light,
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.”
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“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
― The Lower Depths and Other Plays
― The Lower Depths and Other Plays
“The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it's privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it's humanity, boasting of its Christianity, boasting of its love of justice and purity, and yet having within its own borders three millions of persons denied by law the right of marriage?”
― My Bondage and My Freedom
― My Bondage and My Freedom
“Your first family is your blood family and you always be true to that. That means something. But there's another family and that's the kind you go out and find. Maybe even by accident sometimes. And they're as much blood as your first family. Maybe more so, because they don't have to look out for you and they don't have to love you. They choose to.”
― The Given Day
― The Given Day
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