... while madness in individuals is relatively rare, it is virtually a prerequisite for a certain sort of political leader.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: politics-insanity
No way of life so entrenched will ever 'wither away' - it must be helped, with dynamite, if need be.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: lifestyle-change
... the hopeful young author had no doubt that books might change the world.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: books-reading
It was not yet known how the Revolution would develop. But Upton supposed that the arguments of the philosophical anarchists were most convincing: society would fragmentise into independent, self-governing communities of mutually congenial individuals, requiring no police, no army, no guardians of morality, and no government. The old Deity being dead and dethroned, Humankind would come at last into power.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: revolution
Our lives can only be interpreted in retrospect, yet must be lived from day to day, blindly. What folly, the human condition!
Joyce Carol OatesLawrence is the supreme poet of Eros. No recriminations, no reproaches, no guilt, no 'morality'. For what's 'morality' but a leash around the neck? A noose? What's 'morality' but what other people want you to do, for their own, selfish, unstated purposes?
Joyce Carol OatesTags: morality eros d-h-lawrence
Las masas se venden por un salario, los capitalistas son unos hijos de puta que te seccionan la yugular, recogen tu sangre en frascos y la venden al mejor postor, la religión es el opio de las masas y las iglesias son empresas capitalistas organizadas para hacer dinero y asegurarse poder e influencia. Por supuesto, las leyes favorecen a los ricos y a los poderosos, el poder sólo desea engendrar más poder de la misma manera que el capiral sólo quiere engendrar más capital.
Joyce Carol OatesThe innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.
Joyce Carol OatesTags: innocence family children
A hero can be fool, he's still a hero.
Joyce Carol OatesThe dilemma is, in the United States, each penniless citizen believes that, with luck, he might become a millionaire; and so doesn't want to put restraints on "robber barons"-he might become one one day!
Joyce Carol OatesTags: poverty
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