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“More or less," that most ambiguous of phrases, pervades many of the conversations that comprise this book, reflecting, perhaps, the ambiguity of attitude toward The Job. Something more than Orwellian acceptance, something less than Luddite sabotage. Often the two impulses are fused in the same person.”
― Studs Terkel, Working

“what this decade will be
known for
there is no doubt it is
loneliness”
― Nikki Giovanni, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day

“Each and every moment, our bodies are on a one-way journey to collapse and deterioration, unable to turn back the clock. I close my eyes, I open them again, only to realize that in the interim so many things have vanished. Buffeted by the intense midnight winds, these things—some with names, some without—disappear without a trace. All that is left is a faint memory. Even memory, though, can hardly be relied on. Can anyone say for certain what really happened to us back then?”
― Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

“And when they spy on us let them discover us loving”
― Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart