#ace

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#dark #distinction #drifts #further #his

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#circumstances #conduct #depends #either #everything

A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. ↗

— Bess Truman

#hat #her #husband #place #public

Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#collective #depends #education #instruments #perpetuating

In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#against #bible #bunch #encounter #first

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister. ↗

— Alice Walker

#arms #comforting #more #sister #solace

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#i #me #never #political #satire

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#few things #help #him #individual #know

I wonder if novels work for women because they give us a safe place to talk about our ish. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#because #give #i #i wonder #novels

I always do my interviews face to face. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#face #i #i always #interviews