“Death is a woman, and for that reason she's courageous and just, and never makes distinctions between mortals; she'll crush the ignorant, the arrogant, and the wise alike under her icy foot.” ReasonDeathWiseFeetIgnorantMortalsCrushDistinctionCourageousArrogantIcy Book:Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories Source: Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories
“To introduce a new play only six weeks after another has been banned is also a way to speak one's piece to the government. It proves that art and liberty can grow back in one night under the clumsy foot which crushes them.” WayHas BeensArtPlayGovernmentArtistNightSpeakGrowsLibertyPiecesWeekFeetProveSixCrushCensorshipIntroducingFreedom Of SpeechOne NightBannedClumsy Author:Victor Hugo
“My grandmother's feet had been bound when she was two years old. Her mother...first wound a piece of white cloth about twenty feet long round her feet, bending all the toes except the big toe inward and under the sole. Then she placed a large stone on top to crush the arch.” YearsFirstsLongTwoBigsMotherWhitePiecesFeetStonesTwentiesBoundsRoundsChinaWoundsCrushGrandmotherTwo YearsSoleInwardToesMy GrandmotherArchesBendingTwo Year Olds Author:Jung Chang
“Walk towards the light, put it on your head and then crush your shadow that hides under your feet” LightWalksFeetShadowCrush Author:Aftab Alam
“I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.” FeetCenturyIndiaDustKneesCrushPoorestUntouchables Book:Young India Source: Young India
“The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.” WayMadeHellFireBloodFeetReadyHotPreparedRageMythologyFlamesCrushWickedInsectsSpidersPitsGarmentsStainsFurnacesProvokedSprinklesFierceness Author:Jonathan Edwards
“To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.” TurnsNaturalAnimalFeetDignityInstinctLibertarianTendenciesCrushIntensityRelativeWormsVitalityAnarchistRevolt Author:Mikhail Bakunin