“You didn't make good choices, you had good choices.”— Raamla Mohamed, Mia Warren, Kerry Washington, imdb.com
“You lost the privilege of being you when you set your hair on fire.”— Liz Tigelaar, Elena Richardson, Reese Witherspoon, imdb.com
“A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined. We must think critically, and not just about the ideas…”— Tim Minchin, goodreads.com
“I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a priviledge; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived.”— Stokely Carmichael, americanradioworks.publicradio.org
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water. Not everybody deserves love all the time.”— Zadie Smith, amazon.com
“I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.”— Federico García Lorca, blogs.britannica.com
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com