“We were that generation called silent, but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor, as others thought, because we feared its official repression. We were silent because the exhilaration of social action seemed to many of us just one more way of escaping the personal, of masking for a while that dread of the meaningless which was man's fate.” MenWayActionSocialFateGenerationsPeriodsOptimismSilentOfficialsJust OneMeaninglessDreadRepressionEscapingExhilarationSocial Action Author:Joan Didion
“There is great exhilaration in breaking one of these things. ... Ramanujan gives no hints, no proof of his formulas, so everything you do you feel is your own.[About verifying Ramanujan's equations in a newly found manuscript.]” GivingFeelsScienceFoundProofFormulasEquationsHintsManuscriptsExhilarationRamanujan Author:George Andrews
“My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.” SaidFightingNamesFeltParentHurtBreakStonesSticksBonesHurt MeExhilarationSticks And Stones Author:Michael Franti
“I wrote two poems about the 81 uprisings: Di Great Insohreckshan and Mekin Histri. I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.” PeopleTwoWantedFeltBlackTakenPerspectiveMoodToneCaptureBlack PeopleRiotUprisingExhilarationLinton Author:Linton Kwesi Johnson