#ux

No matter how much Steve and I preached about staying legal, most of these men never believed us, and some would grin or wink as we spoke. They thought the CKKKK was like the Klan group their grandfathers belonged to back in the 1920's or 30's, when members could get by with just about anything. That ignorance about the CKKKK extended to the masses of people as well. I received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting me to go out and assault this or that person, for wrongs perceived by the callers. One 65 year old White man called, and after informing me his wife of 67 had left him and moved in with a younger man, demanded that I get some men together and, as the caller put it, "Go Klux 'em," meaning to commit some violent act upon them. A Black girl from Angier called once, saying her boyfriend was dating a White girl, and asked me, "Whut you gone do bout it?" Another elderly White lady called and said that her Black maid was stealing her jewelry, as if that was a classic crime for which the CKKKK should render traditional and just "Klan punishment." It's really incredible. ↗

— Frazier Glenn Miller

#ku-klux-klan #racism #dating

Lieux de memoire . . . 'exist because there are no longer any milieux de memoire, settings in which memory is a real part of everyday experience.' And what are lieux de memoire? [They] are . . . vestiges . . . the rituals of a ritual-less society. ↗

— Tony Judt

#memory #milieux-de-memoire #rituals #vestiges #experience

Kujamiiana si anasa tena katika maisha yangu. Ni hitaji muhimu kwa ujenzi wa familia. ↗

— Enock Maregesi

#luxury #reproduction #sex #family

The idea of having faith in anything to a homeless teenager is just asinine. ↗

— J.L. Mac

#faith

I’m not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to have a little fun with you before they took you away. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#eric-bradburry #melika-dannese-lux #sorina-boroi #vampires #vampiric-laws

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#huxley #suffering #friendship

It’s fairly standard. Also, I’m fourteen. Also, your beard’s stupid.” “Isn’t this fun?” Skulduggery said brightly. “The three of us getting along so well. ↗

— Derek Landy

#crux #funny #stupid #funny

Talk is cheap. Show me the code. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#linux #programming #humor

Le rêve est un monde où les voeux n'existent pas ; car le rêve est un monde où nos voeux sont accomplis par le simple fait de les imaginer ainsi. ↗

— Yannick Heywang

#imaginer #monde #rêve #voeu #voeux

Lovemaking is more than sex, it's a connecting of hearts, meeting of minds, & touching of souls." ~ Dr. Scott Hensley ↗

— Pamela S. Thibodeaux

#contemporary-christian-fiction #contemporary-western-romance #cowboy-romance #inspirational-with-an-edge #pamela-s-thibodeaux