“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.
