“Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to stand still - and they obeyed.” StillsAmericaSunMoonBelovedSandToasts Author:Benjamin Franklin
“That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known for years. Be angry at the sun for setting If these things anger you.” IfsMenYearsHas BeensAmericaKnownAcceptingSunAngryHistoricalCorruptionSettingSettingsEmpiresRepublicFalsehoodPublishNothing New Book:The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962 Source: The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962
“There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness, of waiting, waiting for the pitcher to complete his gaze toward first base and throw his lightning, a game whose very taste, of spit and dust and grass and sweat and leather and sun, was America.” FirstsCountryAmericaGamesWaitingSunTasteBasketballBaseballBiggerDustGrassSweatLightningPitcherLeatherSpitRefinedPastures Book:Rabbit Redux Source: Rabbit Redux
“The confidence and security of a people can be measured by their attitude toward laxatives. At the high noon of the British sun, soldiers in far-flung outposts of the Empire doctored themselves with "a spoonful o' gunpowder in a cuppa 'ot tea." Purveyors and users of harsh laxatives were not afraid of being thought mean and unfriendly just because their laxatives were. But in America, the need to be nice is so consuming that nobody would dare take a laxative that makes you run up the stairs two at a time, pushing others aside and yelling, "Get out of the way!” PeopleWayNeedsMeanTwoRunningAmericaAttitudeSunNiceSecuritySoldierDareBritishTeaEmpiresPushingNot AfraidUsersBeing NiceHarshConsumingStairsNoonYellingGunpowderUnfriendly Author:Florence King
“In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.” KnowsStillsCountryAmericaEvilSunFaultsSettingForestsSettingsOur CountryRising Book:Nigger Source: Nigger
“The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.” WantLongAmericaNationsDifficultCitiesSunModernCenturyWesternTalesWarmthSouthernEpic20th CenturySweeping Author:Tom Brokaw