“Male mastery in marriage is a social illusion, nurtured by women exhorting their creations to play and walk. At the emotional heart of every marriage is a pietà of mother and son.” HeartPlayMotherSocialWalksCreationEmotionalSonIllusionMalesMasteryMother And Son Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
“Marxism was the social creed and the social cry of those classes who knew by their miseries that the creed of the liberal optimists was s snare and a delusion... Liberalism and Marxism share a common illusion of the "children of light." Neither understands property as a form of power which can be used in either its individual or its social form as an instrument of particular interest against the general interest.” ChildrenWisdomLightFormUsedPoliticsIndividualSocialInterestCommonClassEconomyShareCryParticularIllusionInstrumentsPropertyMiseryLiberalismDelusionCreedsOptimistMarxismSnares Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.” HumorTogetherSocialFantasyIllusionMiracleAccomplishTwinsPowerlessGhetto Book:Norma Jean, the termite queen Source: Norma Jean, the termite queen