We are now operating a school system in America thats more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King. – Jonathan Kozol Category: Death
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon Category: Death
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin Category: Death
Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. – Janet Fitch Category: Loneliness
On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child. – Nigella Lawson Category: Christmas
Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimers patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things. – Ellie Goulding Category: dad
Life is not always fair. Sometimes you get a splinter sliding down a rainbow. – Terri Guillemets Category: Life