quotes about Shackles

“Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.”

Source : George Oppen (2008). “New Collected Poems”, p.193, New Directions Publishing

“No one can mock your meagre achievements or inability to accomplish the simplest of tasks, if they remain figments of your imagination. You can revel, again and again, in the glory of a fairy tale doomed never to appear in reality.”

“Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.”

Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (1988). “Gottschalk and the grande tarantelle”, Third World Pr

“O Beginningless, Immortal, Timeless, Incomprehensible and Unimaginable Lord, the God of all and Creator of all creation, the Foreseer and Savior of all, as I have hoped in You, I thank You, that You have brought me to this hour, as I approach the crown of Your righteousness.”

“The great soul is the person who has taken on the task of change. If he or she is able to transcend fear, to act out of courage, the whole group will benefit and each one, in his or her own life, will be suddenly more courageous, though they may not see how or why.”

“Getting hurt and narrowly escaping death is sort of a thing for me.”

“I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful love/hate story of violence and music.' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.”

Source : "Chance the Rapper says violence has made Chicago a 'scummy' city" by Nadeska Alexis, www.mtv.com. October 30, 2013.

“The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don't back out of a contract merely because you've changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you're being made to fight for, but in the end you do the job.”

Source : Pat Barker (1993). “Regeneration”, p.27, Penguin

“He who makes a garden Works hand in hand with God.”

“Homophobia: The irrational fear the three ***** will break into your house and redecorate it against your will.”