#who

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. ↗

— James Dickey

#being #caused #destruction #human #human being

I'm nobody, who are you? ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#nobody #who #you

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#counted #never #succeed #success is #sweetest

And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#ever #i #keep #man #me

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#disturbances #fearful #mask #more #never

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#always #control #fellow #getting #means

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#complaints #first #justice #obey #stops

The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#children #christians #father #god #his

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#music #musician #richard #sounds #than

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful. ↗

— Joan Didion

#another #antithetical #because #book #down