Sortis Hotel Quotes & Sayings

And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and the violent conquest of half of Mexico. Among the lines in the song is one that intones, "There were plenty of fights / To win land right / But the West was meant to be / It was our Manifest Destiny?" Let it suffice to say that happily belting out a tune in which one merrily praises genocide is always easier for those whose ancestors weren't on the receiving end of the deal. — Tim Wise

Perhaps in his loneliness he had acquired the silent conviction that he was 'the last', the one, the only. And, being the last, he ceased to be Benjamin, becoming Israel. And upon his heart had settled the history of five thousand years, no longer remote, but become as the history of his own lifetime. His "I" was the converse of the imperial "We. — Walter M. Miller Jr.

I guess I should be more ambitious about practicing, but when I'm out on the road, that's about all I do. — James Young

Our bodies surround what has always been there — Anne Michaels

You need a good gardener and a good fisherman. The cook is not required. — Alain Ducasse

With stones, you can build walls to separate people or build bridges to unite them! Do the second thing in the name of ethics and honour, for the glory of love and goodness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To die was not to leave the world, not to escape somewhere else; it was the simultaneous change of every piece of yourself into nothing. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

please, love, leave,
like leaf from tree;
taking beauty,
leaving seed — Andrew McMillan