“History has tongues Has angels has guns has saved has praised Today proclaims Achievements of her exiles long returned Now no more rootless, for whom her printed page Glazes their bruised waste years in one Balancing present sky.” YearsLongTodaySkyWasteAchievementPagesGunAngelTongueSavedExilePrintedBruised Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“The guns of the big events rumble through our pages, but the tiny firecrackers are constantly hissing and popping there as well; it appears that much of my life as a journalist has been devoted to sedulously setting off firecrackers.” WellsHas BeensBigsEventsPagesGunTinySettingSettingsJournalistDevotedPoppingRumbleBig EventsHissingFirecracker Book:Here at the New Yorker Source: Here at the New Yorker
“Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment, etc. I doubt we'll ever come to terms on tastes great or less filling and hybrids versus Hummers, and there will always be Yankees fans and Red Sox fans, and never the 'twain shall meet. Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.” MindNationsTermEconomyIssuesDoubtEnvironmentFansTastePagesGunRedWelfareEtcGun ControlVersusFillingYankeesHybridRed Sox Fans Author:Jen Lancaster