“About the presence of death and dying I don't remember the society in the 1950s being so skittish as it has since become. People still died at home, among relatives and friends, often in the care of a family physician. Death was still to be seen sitting in the parlor, hanging in a butcher shop, sometimes lying in the street.” PeopleStillsSometimesHomeCareRememberDeathLyingStreetsDyingSittingDiedShopsDeath And DyingPhysiciansButchersParlorRelatives And Friends Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to prison. Too many have suffered for the love of freedom. I owe it to their widows, to their orphans, to their mothers and their fathers, who have grieved and wept for them ..... Not only have I suffered during these long lonely wasted years. I am no less life-loving than you are. But I cannot sell the birthright of the people to be free ....... Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.” PeopleMenYearsLongCareMotherFatherMy OwnMinesLonelyDiedSellsPrisonCherishContractsPrisonerI CareWidowsFree ManOrphanBirthrightYour Freedom Book:Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches Source: Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches
“I knew what it felt like to have no say in who you were as a sexual being. It didn't just strip away your dignity. It stripped away everything you were: your identity, your self-respect, your pleasure. Because it was all about the pleasure of the other person take, take, taking whatever they wanted from you, even if it was uncomfortable, or caused you pain. Even if you died from it, the other person still wouldn't care, because it was all about them.” IfsPersonsStillsSelfCareWantedPainFeltPleasureIdentityDignityDiedUncomfortableSelf Respect Author:Jess C Scott
“When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.” EndsCareSpiritCompanyHeardDiedSilentExtraordinaryWarriorThings In LifeSimplestHe Doesn't Care Author:Carlos Castaneda
“[My son] Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives.” PeopleHumansCountryPlayCareNextSonMonthsRepublicanDiedDemocratHuman LifeMy SonIdolsAmerican Idol Author:Cindy Sheehan