#plague

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries. ↗

— Barack Obama

#east #issue #middle #middle east #obviously

...since the order of the world is shaped by death, mightn't it be better for God if we refuse to believe in Him and struggle with all our might against death, without raising our eyes towards the heaven where He sits in silence? ↗

— Albert Camus

#science #the-plague #death

When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#experience

No, we love war. War. Starvation. Plague. They fast-track us to enlightenment. “It's the mark of a very, very young soul,” Mr. Whittier used to say, “to try and fix the world. To try and save anyone from their ration of misery.” We have always loved war. We are born knowing that war is why we're here. And we love disease. Cancer. We love earthquakes. In this amusement-park fun house we call the planet earth, Mr. Whittier says we adore forest fires. Oil spills. Serial killers. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#plague #starvation #war #love

I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#ago #because #become #caught #doubt

We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children. ↗

— Diane Watson

#children #continue #disparity #especially #ignore

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids! ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#deal #feelings #guilt #i #i think

It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague. ↗

— Angela Carter

#blameless #easier #far #intercourse #lead