Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Ashley Clark

Quote by Ashley Clark

“She loved people's accents here---she always had. The way everybody managed to say the word y'all in the middle of pronouncing Charleston. Slow as the pace of the river but refined as British tea.”

Quote by Ashley Clark

Work

Paint and Nectar

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Ashley Clark

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Ashley Clark. more

You May Also Like

“The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. Rather it is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.”

“The upsides of migration have become easy to talk about: to simply nod to them is to express values of openness, tolerance and broad-mindedness. Yet to nod to, let alone express, the downsides of immigration is to invite accusations of closed-mindedness and intolerance, xenophobia and barely disguised racism. All of which leaves the attitude of the majority of the public almost impossible to express.”

“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls who constantly post counterarguments against what is right. They must also confront the mediocrity of public discourse, where individuals who have been conditioned to justify what is not right argue blindly for their political idols.”