“I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.”
― Anzia Yezierska, quote from Bread Givers
“There is justice nowhere for a fool. A fool they whip even in the Holy Temple.”
― Anzia Yezierska, quote from Bread Givers
“The stars in their infinite peace seemed to pour their healing light into me. I thought of captives in prison, the sick and the suffering from the beginning of time who had looked to these stars for strength. What was my little sorrow to the centuries of pain which those stars had watched? So near they seemed, so compassionate. My bitter hurt seemed to grow small and drop away. If I must go on alone, I should still have silence and the high stars to walk with me.”
― Anzia Yezierska, quote from Bread Givers
“Beloved, Dearest One:
How I long to shout to the world our happiness. I feel that you and I are the only two people alive in the world - the only people that know the secret meaning of existence.
I have no diamond rings, no gifts of love that other lovers have for their beloved. My poetry is all I have to offer you. And so I dedicate my collected verses, 'Poems of Poverty,' to you, beloved.
Morris.”
― Anzia Yezierska, quote from Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska
Born place: Mały Płock, Poland
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“I’ve always thought of joggers as being sort of like Blind Michael and his crew: deserving of respect, but slightly psychotic. Who in their right minds would want to get out of bed and run around in their underwear before noon?”
― Seanan McGuire, quote from A Local Habitation
“اگر محمد ما و مسیح شما عرق خورده و مثل ما گیلاسهای خود را بهم زده بودند، هر دو با هم دوست صمیمی میشدند و در صدد برنمی آمدند که چشمهای یکدیگر را بکنند... ولی حیف که آنها عرق نمیخوردند و به همین جهت هر دو، دنیا را به خون کشیدند...”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, quote from Christ Recrucified
“You’ll find out that I’m a lot of things, but I’m no fucking rapist. Before I fuck you—and I will fuck you, pup—you’ll be begging me for it,” he whispered against my neck.”
― T.M. Frazier, quote from King
“Unlike my mother, my father does not cry quietly. His wails roll out like a wave of pain, and I scramble to roll up my window. My mother cannot hear that. I cannot bear to hear it myself. I am not used to my father's crying. I've had no time to harden my heart against him.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, quote from Double Identity
“Kendi otomobilini üretemeyen ülkeye borç verip otobanlar yaptırırız. Sonra onlara arabalarımızı satarız. Sonra bankalarını satın alırız. O bankalardan halka ucuz krediler verip daha çok araba almalarını sağlarız. Böylece verdiğimiz o krediyi arabamızı satarak geri alırız, hem de faiziyle. O ülkeye dünya bankası ya da kardeş kurumlardan kredi ayarlarız. Ayarlanan kredi "ASLA" o ülkenin hazinesine gitmez. O ülkede ‘proje‘ yapan bizim şirketlerimizin kasasına girer. Enerji santralleri, sanayi alanları, limanlar, dev havaalanları yapılır. Aslında insanların işine yaramayan bir yığın beton. Bizim şirketlerimiz kazanır o ülkedeki birileri de nemalandırılır. Toplum bu düzenekten hiçbirşey kazanmaz. Ama ülke büyük bir borcun altına sokulmuş olur. Bu o kadar büyük bir borçtur ki ödenmesi imkansızdır. Plan böyle işler. Sonunda ekonomik danışmanlar/tetikçiler olarak gider onlara deriz ki; "Bize büyük borcunuz var ödeyemiyorsunuz. O zaman petrolünüzü satın, doğal gazınızı bize verin, askeri üslerimize yer gösterin, askerlerinizi birliklerimize destek olmaları için savaştığımız bölgelere gönderin, Birleşmiş Millletler de bizim için oy verin! Elektrik su kanalizasyon sistemlerinizi özelleştirin! Onları Amerikan şirketlerine ya da diğer çok uluslu şirketlere satın..." Sosyal hizmetleri, teknik sistemleri, eğitim kurumlarını, sağlık kurumlarını hatta adli sistemleri ele geçiririz. Bu, ikili, üçlü, dörtlü bir darbeler serisidir.”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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