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“I was thinking, I could turn him into a fly and drop him into a spider's web and watch him tangled and helpless and struggling, shut into the body of a dying buzzing fly; I could wish him dead until he died.I could fasten him to a tree and keep him there until he grew into the trunk and bark grew over his mouth. if he was under the ground I could walk over him stamping my feet.”

Source: Novels and Stories: The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Other Stories and Sketches

“As soon as you opened your mouth and said the word woman, you were beaten down with the argument that you were betraying the class struggle. There are many poignant writings in which feminists first write pages about their class standpoint before getting to their actual issue. What was then known as class warfare is today called anti-racism. The threat of being accused of racism gave birth to false tolerance.”

“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.”

People Love Understanding Class Struggle Positive Revolution Mouths Everyday Everyday Life Rebellious Corpses Refusal Constraints Subversive Referring Class Struggle Constrain

Book:Situationism: A Compendium

Source: Situationism: A Compendium

“Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn’t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open? Have you ever been so angry that you couldn’t look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you?”

Looks Faces Evil Force Cases Struggle Findings Mouths Mirrors Angry Dare Wide Nuclear Harness Churning

Book:Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy

Source: Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy

“...I also know - and this won't alter the course of history or your personal view of me - that you will die with a clenched fist and a tense jaw, the epitome of hatred and struggle, because you are not a symbol (some inanimate example) but a genuine member of the society to be destroyed; the spirit of the beehive speaks through your mouth and motivates your actions. You are as useful as I am, but you are not aware of how useful your contribution is to the society that sacrifices you.”

Source: Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara

“Through all he said, even through his appalling sentimentality, I was reminded of something-an elusive rhythm, a fragment of lost words, that I heard somewhere a long time ago. For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man's, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air. But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.”

Men Long Made Said Moments Lost Sound Struggle Forever Heard Air Shapes Long Time Mouths Lips Rhythm Dumb Remembered Phrases Fragments Long Time Ago Elusive Sentimentality Wisps

Book:The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

“I just know that right now, we want to be proud. For once. We want to take the struggle and rise above it. We want to frame it, live it, survive it. We want to put it in our mouths and taste it and never forget it, because it makes us strong.”

Knows Want Strong Forget Struggle Proud Taste Right Now Mouths Never Forget Be Proud Forget It Rise Above Rise Above It

Book:Underdogs

Source: Underdogs

“Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up so tight, struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words?" -346”

Force Struggle Mouths Nuclear Harness

Book:Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy

Source: Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy