#vacuum

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. ↗

— Ezra Pound

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#definite #does #exactly #exist #function

I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul. ↗

— Lee Atwater

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#american society #heart #i #know #lead

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

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#fill #heart #i #life #must