Ladder 49 Love Quotes & Sayings

He loves white cables. And white telephones. And white computer monitors with fruit on the back. — Fredrik Backman

It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement; but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term "feminism," to focus on the fact that to be "feminist" in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression. — Bell Hooks

It's great that I can look up a fact instantly on my cellphone, but I miss the days in my room with a dog-eared, text-heavy paperback, immersed in the statistics of crime and punishment and lunacy, completely alone with the narrative of human depravity. — Russell Smith

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering. — Artur Davis

The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled. — Bobby Scott

Bloggers around the world are discovering that it's cheaper and faster and more effective to build their own media channels than it is to waste time arguing with the old ones. — Seth Godin

I never liked my own species. On why so many of his comics are about animals, in an interview. — Gary Larson

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you. — Carol Channing

Don't let the magic slip away," he says, "or you'll sink into the quicksand of the ordinary. — Elena Gorokhova

We live at the edge of the miraculous. — Henry Miller