Latest Quotes

“The reality is this is a peaceful human rights movement led by incredibly courageous black people. I think we are demanding justice and freedom for our people.”

— Opal Tometi, What is the message of Black Lives Matter?

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“The curves of your lips rewrite history.”

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions)

“Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; I am, I am, I am.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)

“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”

— J. D. Salinger, Nine Stories

“Stay for me. Stay with me. There will never be anyone else. Not in my bed. Not in my life. And not in my heart.”

— Rachel Vincent, Alpha

“Have you ever felt really close to someone? So close that you can't understand why you and the other person have two separate bodies, two separate skins?”

— Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind

“Even when officers get caught, they know they’ll be investigated by their friends, and put on paid leave. My colleagues would laughingly refer to this as a free vacation. It isn’t a punishment. And excessive force is almost always deemed acceptable in our courts and among our grand juries. Prosecuto…”

— Redditt Hudson, Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix.

“...you can truly grieve for every officer who has been lost in the line of duty in this country and still be troubled by cases of police overreach. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive. You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards.”

— John Stewart, Jon Stewart Fesses Up to 'One Factual Error' in His Police Shootings Report, Then Curses Out Fox News (Video)

“It seems that it's either pro-cop and anti-black or pro-black and anti-cop, when, in reality, you can be pro-cop and pro-black, which is what we should all be. It is what we should be aiming for.”

— Trevor Noah, July 7, 2016 - Julia Stiles

“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life — to strengthen each other in all labour, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting…”

— Mary Ann Evans, Adam Bede

“But more and more, I felt like I couldn’t do the work I set out to do. I was participating in a profoundly corrupt criminal justice system. I could not, in good conscience, participate in a system that was so intentionally unfair and racist. So after five years on the job, I quit.”

— Redditt Hudson, Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix.

“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

— Sam Keen, To Love and Be Loved

“I wasn’t surprised about what happened in Baltimore, because of what we had seen in Ferguson. I don’t believe in rioting and all, but I know peaceful protesters are very hard to be seen. What I see with Baltimore, Ferguson and other mass protests is what has been given birth is the Black Lives Matte…”

— Arthur Reed, a.k.a Silky Slim, Ex-Gang Leader Drops Bombshell Quote on 'Black Lives Matter' Movement That Everyone Should See

“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.”

— Robert Browning, Rabbi Ben Ezra

“You foam within our glasses, you lusty golden brew, whoever imbibes takes fire from you. The young and the old sing your praises, Here’s to beer, here’s to cheer, here’s to beer!”

— The Bartered Bride, Toasts: Over 1,500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces

“In heaven there is no beer . . . That’s why we drink ours here.”

— Anonymous, Unknown

“Champagne costs too much, Whiskey’s too rough, Vodka puts big mouths in gear. This little refrain Should help to explain Why it’s better to order a beer!”

— Robert Herrick, Toasts: Over 1,500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces

“Show me a nation whose national beverage is beer, and I’ll show you an advanced toilet technology.”

— Mark Hawkins, Toasts: Over 1,500 of the Best Toasts, Sentiments, Blessings, and Graces