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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| a294502 | He'd never felt more loved or wanted than when he was with Bess. Had never felt more important or cherished than when in her arms. Was it wrong to want her on every human level? Not wrong, perhaps, but not right, either.... | Loree Lough | ||
| e132065 | The encroaching darkness that shrouded him couldn't compare to the joyless gloom that hung in his heart. | Loree Lough | ||
| 1b5b0a0 | it caused one of Douglass's most challenging psychic dilemmas. He repeatedly faced the question of how uncompromising radicalism could mix with a learned pragmatism to try to influence real power, to determine how to condemn the princes and their laws but also influence and eventually join them. | David W. Blight | ||
| 74ddf16 | You are responsible for your deeds You are responsible for you | Jason King Godwise | ||
| ab5e3f8 | Douglass told white northern voters that 'The blood of the slave is on your garments. You have said that slavery is better than freedom. That war is better than peace. And that cruelty is better than humanity. | David W. Blight | ||
| 5b30c28 | Our government may at some time be in the hands of a bad man. When in the hands of a good man it is all well enough. . . . We ought to have our government so shaped that even when in the hands of a bad man we shall be safe. | David W. Blight | ||
| 5124e0c | His "wickedly selfish" Americans loved to celebrate their "own heritage, and on this condition are content to see others crushed in our midst." | David W. Blight | ||
| b9ba6b4 | In August, Douglass righteously claimed that "everyone knows that this is the slaveholders' rebellion and nothing else." The war, he said, was the work of a "privileged class of irresponsible despots, authorized tyrants and blood-suckers, who fasten upon the Negro's flesh, and draw political power and consequence from their legalized crimes." | David W. Blight | ||
| 69f31b0 | Grafton, Massachusetts, in early 1842, while working solo, Douglass was met by mob hostility in addition to an unwelcoming clergy. So he went to a hotel and borrowed a "dinner-bell, with which in hand I passed through the principal streets," he recalled, "ringing the bell and crying out, 'Notice! Frederick Douglass, recently a slave, will lecture on American Slavery, on Grafton Common, this evening at 7 o'clock."13" | David W. Blight | ||
| f37c3f8 | I now saw, in my situation, several points of similarity with that of the oxen. They were property, so was I; they were to be broken, so was I. Covey was to break me, I was to break them; break and be broken--such is life. | David W. Blight | ||
| c9115de | Douglass played the prophetic role of the "suffering servant" with zeal. His famous statement about agitation, delivered in a speech in 1857, has stood the test of time and numerous protest ideologies: "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to" | David W. Blight | ||
| d41403d | But this is your home' 'Not any longer, my poppet. Women make nests but men make bequests and scatter them. Heigh-ho! | gender inheritence injustice | Joan Aiken | |
| afb9c09 | They said the boy had problems sitting still and quiet The wise old man said to his parents There is nothing wrong with that boy That one hundred acres would not cure | Jason King Godwise | ||
| b4c0ea1 | The greatest trick our enemy ever did Was to make us think we are our own enemy Is to make us ashamed, and hate ourselves Thinking we are our own enemy | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 13fcc04 | The first rule of war is to know when you're in one | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 4547cbf | If entering marriage ask Will I enjoy conversation with this person in old age | Jason King Godwise | ||
| e1f68a4 | Some people demand freedom of speech When they don't use freedom of thought | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 2d0a136 | In nature nothing is done without a purpose Nature does nothing useless She is the greatest economist of all There is a reason for everything | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 68b1cb9 | Get rid of all the extras If something is of no use Do not burden yourself with it Get rid of it, let go | Jason King Godwise | ||
| bedb2e6 | Revenge is the sweetest of all drinks Sweeter than honey more intoxicating than mead | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 3d50c0b | Never underestimate the influence of people You allow into your life Be careful who you let in And kick them out as needed | Jason King Godwise | ||
| ea52e04 | You can tell the size of a man By the size of what troubles him A small thing should not trouble you Don't be bothered by little troubles | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 639c429 | Be tired at the end of every day From doing a lot of work | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 856750c | Never give up, never give in, never quit Keep working till you've won | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 46d6c8d | Open your ears to wisdom, your eyes to truth | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 73d2608 | Remember your ancestors Use their wisdom and add their strength to yours Keep your ancestors alive in your heart Through thoughts and deeds | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 8ab566e | When you are planting your crops Be sure you want to harvest the seeds you plant | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 8370ef4 | It is easier to stay out of trouble Than to get out of trouble | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 1fb88ad | No one can make you feel inferior Without your help | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 3a17201 | Example isn't another way to teach Example is the only way to teach | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 385f15b | A bundle of sticks is stronger than any single stick | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 8f5d424 | Decide what is worth dying for You will know what is worth living for Live for that | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 73a7878 | Sometimes a nap is the best medicine Napping prepares the mind for fresh thoughts | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 9bd860b | You must awaken, find your path become yourself Or you will be dragged along your path And wish you had voluntarily walked it | Jason King Godwise | ||
| f5c5e59 | Be who you want to be Not what other people want you to be | Jason King Godwise | ||
| eb98da7 | A man's character is his fate Your habits are your future | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 754163a | You can judge a man by the company he keeps | Jason King Godwise | ||
| 7db8dee | wounded prisoners. I wish I could hope, Miss Oliver--it would help, I suppose. But hope seems dead in me. I can't hope without some reason for it--and there is no reason." When Miss Oliver had gone to her own room and Rilla was lying on her bed in the moonlight, praying desperately for a little strength, Susan stepped in like a gaunt shadow and sat down beside her. "Rilla, dear, do not you worry. Little Jem is not dead." "Oh, how can you be.. | L.M. Montgomery | ||
| d16e6fb | I cooked with so many of the greats: Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert, Wylie Dufresne, Grant Achatz. Rick Bayless taught me not one but two amazing mole sauces, the whole time bemoaning that he never seemed to know what to cook for his teenage daughter. Jose Andres made me a classic Spanish tortilla, shocking me with the sheer volume of viridian olive oil he put into that simple dish of potatoes, onions, and eggs. Graham Elliot Bowles and I made .. | cuisine dishes food | Stacey Ballis | |
| 52d4922 | she leaped down the porch steps to her car. There was no thought. No planning. Just action. When you get a call that your kid is in the ER, there can be no room for thinking. Just the deepest fear imaginable, the kind that gripped like a steel band around her chest. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 59c4c04 | There were few forces greater than the power of a fourteen-year-old's determination when she wanted something. A teenager would stop at nothing in order to get her way. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| d326b49 | On his very worst day, each one of these men managed to summon his very best. Each one embodied the essence of courage. It is not the state of being unafraid, but the rare ability to confront fear. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 80e3f70 | The Immigration Reform Act wiped out that option. Used to be, if undocumented parents could prove their deportation would put a U.S. citizen--in this case, you, AJ--at risk, the judge could let them stay. But the act made deportation automatic." She showed them a document she'd printed out. "In the mid-'90s, there were around forty thousand deportations a year. Nowadays, there are around three hundred thousand a year. The INS and ICE will t.. | Susan Wiggs | ||
| 384f9a4 | Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward. --letter from Emily Dickinson to Mrs. John Howard Sweetser | Susan Wiggs |