Szatera Quotes

Ludwik Szatera was a passionate lover of nostalgia. He could never come to terms with the eternal passage of men, objects and events. Each moment inexorably turning into the past was to him precious, invaluable, and he witnessed its passing with a sense of inexpressible regret. ~ Stefan Grabinski

For continual suffering had annihilated religious faith within me: to the utterly miserable –the unloving and the unloved –there is no religion possible, no worship but a worship of devils. ~ George Eliot

The heroine might be unsure. And the reader. But I don't think the author should be. ~ Paul Park

This single-minded lust between us was sacred. ~ Pepper Winters

You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail? ~ Gary E. Stevenson

The main reason is that the women of Combahee not only saw themselves as "radicals" but also considered themselves socialists. They were not acting or writing against Marxism, but, in their own words, they looked to "extend" Marxist analysis to incorporate an understanding of the oppression of Black women.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. How We Get Free (Kindle Locations 158-160). Haymarket Books. ~ Keeanaga-Yamahatta Taylor

Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence! - fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thralldom! - fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty! - fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done so much to save and bless! - fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances, whose sympathy and affection he has strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtuous traits of character, by his ever-abiding remembrance of those who are in bonds, as being bound with them! - fortunate for the multitudes, in various parts of our republic, whose minds he has enlightened on the subject of slavery, and who have been melted to tears by his pathos, or roused to virtuous indignation by his stirring eloquence against the enslavers of men! - fortunate for himself, as it at once brought him into the field of public usefulness, "gave the world assurance of a MAN," quickened the slumbering energies of his soul, and consecrated him to the great work of breaking the rod of the oppressor, and letting the oppressed go free! ~ William Lloyd Garrison

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. ~ Paul Mooney

THOU ART NO THOR! ~ Mark Millar

I don't know if sitting home everyday is normal, but that's what I do. ~ Daniel Johns

Ultimately we're all responsible for putting our belief into action. ~ Paul Stookey

I'm Jake Exum," he said. "This is my brother Jimmy. Until now we been homeschooled."
"Mama expelled us," Jimmy added. ~ Sheila Turnage