In thinking of America, I sometimes find myself admiring her bright blue sky — her grand old woods — her fertile fields — her beautiful rivers — her mighty lakes, and star-crowned mountains. But my rapture is soon checked, my joy is soon turned to mourning. When I remember that all is cursed with the infernal actions of slaveholding, robbery and wrong, — when I remember that with the waters of her noblest rivers, the tears of my brethren are borne to the ocean, disregarded and forgotten, and that her most fertile fields drink daily of the warm blood of my outraged sisters, I am filled with unutterable loathing.
Frederick DouglassTag: america curse wrong disregard loathing robbery slaveholding
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
VoltaireTag: ignorance persecution innovation disregard conformism reformers trailblazers
The mind, stretched to new dimensions by images, thoughts and ideas, can never return to its former shape.
Travis LuedkeTag: denial paris conflict discovery condemnation disregard disremember
She was all-out, delighted enthusiasm, like a stupid, bubbling stream, and the guy would just cup that in his hands for the hell of it, splash his face with it, and drop the leftovers back into the river.
Laura FlorandTag: relationships enthusiasm disregard disrespect used mistreatment
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