#era

My generation have had it good, and I am really troubled by what we have done with it. ↗

— Jeremy Paxton

#done #generation #good #had #i

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

#communities #highly #invades #later #literature

In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. ↗

— James Payn

#elsewhere #england #literary #method #more

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the case. ↗

— James Payn

#any #arise #being #case #difficulty

There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery. ↗

— James Payn

#hand #learned #literature #lottery #many

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. ↗

— Octavio Paz

#also #contrary #deprivation #expression #feeling

He who fears is literally delivered to destruction. ↗

— Howard Thurman

#destruction #fears #literally #who

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#beaten #could #crack #definitely #generally

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#figured #had #i #just #lot

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#bound #clause #constitution #enforce #enforcement