Society comprises two classes: those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food. РS̩bastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort) Category: Poverty
It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. – Bill Vaughan Category: Poverty
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. – Manuel Puig Category: Hope
Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool. – Mary Catherine Bateson Category: Discovery
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. – Guy de Maupassant Category: Women
Yes, I will go. I would rather grieve over your absence than over you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Heartache
