“That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They didn't look back, and they often didn't tell their children about it. They didn't want to talk about it. It was too painful, what they'd gone through and the caste system of the South, which was Jim Crow.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksChildrenLeftLossGoneSouthPainfulAfrican AmericanCrowCastesJim CrowAmerican FamilyCaste System Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.” HeartPastLeftCan DoGriefMy HeartPainfulLeafsWitheredTime And ChangePainful PastWithered Leaves Author:Richard Henry Horne
“We respect the individual conscience of every American on the painful issue of abortion, but believe as a matter of law that this decision should be left to a woman, her conscience, her doctor and her God. But abortion should not only be be safe and legal, it should be rare.” ShouldBelieveMatterLawIndividualLeftDecisionIssuesSafeConscienceDoctorsPainfulAbortion Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995
“It will be my birthday on Tuesday. Last year, I reached the painful conclusion that there wasn't enough time left to read every book ever written. This year, my gloomy realisation is even more painful - I will not be able to correct everyone's mistakes before I depart.” YearsBookEnoughAbleLastsLeftLanguageMistakeWrittenPainfulConclusionLast YearEnough TimeGloomyTuesdayMy BirthdayRealisationTime Left Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“Can anybody tell me why reporters, in making mention of lady speakers, always consider it to be necessary to report, fully and firstly, the dresses worn by them? When John Jones or Senator Rouser frees his mind in public, we are left in painful ignorance of the color and fit of his pants, coat, necktie and vest - and worse still, the shape of his boots. This seems to me a great omission.” MindStillsSeemsLeftIgnoranceColorPoliticianFitShapesDressesPainfulReportsPantsBootsSpeakersWornReportersSenatorsCoatsOmissionVestsNeckties Book:Ginger-Snaps Source: Ginger-Snaps
“Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but it magnified the bad things, so they came to feel as painful as a grain in one's eye. An open window, a forgotten quart of milk, a TV set left blaring, socks on the bathroom floor could become occasions for incredible rage.” FeelsEyeLeftTvsWindowGood ThingsIncrediblesForgottenPainfulRageGrantedOccasionsBad ThingsMilkGrainAccustomedBathroomSock Book:The Women's Room Source: The Women's Room
“artists try to say things that can't be said. in a fragile net of words, gestures, or colors, we hope to capture a feeling; a taste; a painful longing. but the net is always too porous, and we are left with the sweet frustration of almost knowing, which is teasingly pleasurable.” TryingSaidFeelingsArtistLeftKnowingColorSweetTasteLongingPainfulFrustrationCaptureFragileGestures Author:Alan Alda