Forcefully Taken Quotes & Sayings

The theatrical performance of politicians who profess to speak for an "American People" do nothing to highlight the history of poverty. — Nancy Isenberg

Ignorance fears diversity as an invading enemy, while wisdom welcomes diversity in an alliance of friendship. — Wes Fesler

Sitting on the divan, she touched a finger to the bullet wound in his chest. It seemed so small, so incapable of creating the exodus of blood which had drenched his clothes and skin as he lay in the hospital, waiting for her to claim him. Death has been instantaneous, they said, as if there were a relief in that. She did not want death to have been instantaneous; she wanted to have at least held his hand as he lay dying and said goodbye to him in terms other than the, 'Why are you doing again? You'll find nothing. Stay. Oh all right, go,' that had been her farewell to him that morning.

Stay. Stay. Stay. She should have repeated it like a madwoman, banged her head against the wall in a frenzy, hit him and wept. She should have said it just one more time, just a little more forcefully. She should have taken his dear, sweet head in her hands and kissed his eyes and forehead. Stay. — Kamila Shamsie

Stealing a spaceship shouldn't be this easy. — Mindee Arnett

The refrain repeated through this books is that everything we need, we already possess in Christ. This means that the what-if has been taken out of the equation. We can take absurd risks, push harder, go further, and leave it all on the field without fear
and have fun doing so. We can give with reckless abandon, because we no longer need to ensure a return of success, love, meaning, validation, and approval. We can invest freely and forcefully, because we've been freely and forcefully invested in. (188) — Tullian Tchividjian

Life in love with you
Is a poerty of the heart
Is a song of divinity, and
A cosmic dance. — Vishwas Chavan

Individuals capture attention and engross history, but the most revolutionary changes in Roman politics were the work of families or of a few men. — Ronald Syme

We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn about Black power. People have power if we unite. We learned the importance of coming together and being active — Assata Shakur

I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate. — Barack Obama

The thing about 'Watchmen' that people should know is that when it came out there was absolutely nothing like it. Up until then, comics were about the same thing: a guy in tights fighting another guy in tights and saving the girl - that was it. — Gerard Way

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. — James Madison

Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal. — Cory Doctorow