February 2012
71 posts
#democracy
The important thing is to help men (and nations) help themselves,...
– Paulo Freire from Education for Critical Consciousness (via educatedtodeath
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People do not participate, because their participation has been meaningless in...
– That which renders us powerless, and what to do about it* « Cooperative Catalyst (via adventuresinlearning)
That’s the whole trouble. You can’t ever find a place that’s nice and peaceful,...
– J.D. Salinger, Catcher In The Rye (via bookmania)
I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one...
– Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via bookmania)
I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I...
– Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire (via bookmania)
I liked you from the first. I admire you so much that I think it will be a great...
– Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (via bookmania)
Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are...
– Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath (via bookmania)
But life isn’t hard to manage when you’ve nothing to lose.
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via bookmania)
Love liberates. It doesn’t just hold - that’s ego. Love liberates.
– Maya Angelou (via weareallafricans)
When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to...
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via bookmania)
I’m yours for ever—for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If...
– Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (via bookmania)
He knew that I love you also means I love you in a way that no one loves you, or...
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated (via bookmania)
We’re kissing each other but so much more, kissing like warriors saving the...
– Dave Eggers (via loveyourchaos)
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
– Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie (via bookmania)