“When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?” MenBlackBloodMortalsFallenSpellsBack Again Book:Aeschylus II: The Oresteia Source: Aeschylus II: The Oresteia
“Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everything lost in Richmond, even our archives. Blue-black is our horizon.” WritingHeartWarLostBlackHistoryBlueFallenCivil WarHorizonAmerican Civil WarArchivesRichmond Book:Mary Chesnut's Diary Source: Mary Chesnut's Diary
“Ah! the curse of slavery, as the common phrase goes, has fallen not merely on the black but perhaps at this moment still more upon the white, because it has warped his sense of truth and has degraded his moral nature. The position and the treatment of the blacks, however, really improve from year to year; while the whites do not seem to advance in enlightenment.” YearsStillsMomentsSeemsBlackWhiteCommonMoralPositionEnlightenmentSlaveryCurseFallenPhrasesTreatment Book:America of the Fifties: Letters of Fredrika Bremer Source: America of the Fifties: Letters of Fredrika Bremer
“I love seeing people's reactions to gifts that I've created from my line, such as my gold horn ring, bottle openers, my 'Fallen' leather jacket and my Slither black and white sweater.” PeopleBlackLinesWhiteSeeingGoldRingsReactionsFallenBottlesBlack And WhiteHornsJacketsLeatherSweatersLeather Jackets Author:Kelly Wearstler