“Anyone who has read Yeats's wonderful Autobiography will remember his Sligo shabby, shadowed, half country and half sea, full of confused romance, superstition, poverty, eccentricity, unrecognized anachronism, passion and ignorance and the little boy's misery. Yeats was treated well but was bitterly unhappy; he prayed that he would die, and used often to say to himself: "When you are grown up, never talk as grown-up people do of the happiness of childhood.” PeopleWellsLittlesCountryRememberRomanceUsedDiesPassionHalfBoysPovertyWonderfulSeaChildhoodIgnoranceMiseryUnhappyTreatedConfusedSuperstitionsAutobiographyLittle BoysEccentricityShabbyYeatsAnachronism Author:Randall Jarrell
“There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.” MayLosesLossPoorPovertySeaLandAdvantageNothing To Lose Author:Elizabeth Inchbald
“Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions of sad stories in this giant sea of immigration, poverty, misery and contradictions. So much anger, frustration and fury.” StoriesProcessPovertyMillionsSeaMiseryFinancialImmigrationAttractiveGiantsContradictionFrustrationFuryTransformingTouristsIstanbulSad StoryAnger Frustration Author:Orhan Pamuk
“Depending on where you live, your threat is much different from the other person. If you ask a New Yorker today, because of the way the press plays it, he will say terrorism is his biggest fear. But for somebody living on a small island state, then it is climate change, the rise of the sea level, for his whole island may be washed away. If I go to southern Africa, they tell me it is HIV/AIDS and somewhere in Asia it is poverty. This is also why you will find it difficult to find agreements, because if you want someone to be concerned about your threat, then you should be concerned about his.” IfsWayWantShouldMayPersonsDifferentStatesPlayWholeTodayAsksDifficultLevelsPovertySeaConcernedPressesThreatClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismAidsIslandsAgreementSouthernAsiaHivNew YorkersLiving OnHiv AidsWhere You LiveBiggest FearSouthern Africa Author:Kofi Annan
“I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.” TryingFacesYoungNamesBlackPoorBoysPovertySeaSwimmingNew OrleansBlack Boy Author:Tyler Perry