“The decimation of Lebanon was showing up in Chicago as a series of restaurants and little shops, just as the destruction of Vietnam had been visible here a decade earlier. If you never read the news but ate out a lot you should be able to tell who was getting beaten up around the world.” IfsWorldShouldLittlesAbleNewsDestructionSeriesDecadesAround The WorldRestaurantsVisibleShopsChicagoVietnamBeatenShowing UpLebanon Book:Killing Orders Source: Killing Orders
“If you're born lucky, you don't have to be good.” IfsBornLuckyLuckBe GoodGood LuckLucky You Author:Sara Paretsky
“When I tell people I was in the St. Justin Martyr parish, if they are native Chicagoans they know exactly where I was and what that was like. The Sunday before this particular march, the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Cody, had required all of his pastors to read a letter in support of open housing and economic justice in every parish in the city.” PeopleIfsKnowsJusticeCitiesSupportEconomicParticularLettersNativeSundayMarchChicagoPastorHousingMartyrCardinalsJustinParishEconomic Justice Author:Sara Paretsky
“I cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsI CanCountryWould BePresidentLossRightsHappeningsBillsLifetimeDepthDepartmentOutrageBill Of RightsRestoring Author:Sara Paretsky
“I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or hopefully that we will ever see. If they could keep writing and keep a voice alive, keep people hopeful through their poetry, then I would be ashamed to stop and to give in. It would be really self-indulgent, unacceptable, and inexcusable to walk away from it.” PeopleIfsGivingWritingLooksSelfWould BeVoiceWalksAlivePoetUnionsHopefullyAshamedHopefulSovietSoviet UnionAnnaGreat PoetSelf Indulgent Author:Sara Paretsky
