Baskets Quote by Jennifer Donnelly

“It was black-black, so thick it drank two containers of relaxer at the salon, so full it took hours under the hooded dryer, and,…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The history books say that life before the Revolution was completely different from what it is now. There was the most terrible oppression, injustice,…

— George Orwell

“The grinning wound across her neck was black with oozed blood, her red-tipped lips were painted into a gruesome smile. Blood had run into…

— J.T. Ellison

“The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on fire. A…

— Nancy Gibbs

Men and women thought and did noble and mean things that would have been impossible to them before or after. A man cannot drink…

— Rebecca Harding Davis

In a revolution, one triumphs or dies.

— Che Guevara

“The hide was being flayed off the still living body of the Revolution so that a new age could slip in to it; as…

— Vasily Grossman

Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady bring you…

— Alfred Doblin

“Upon the scent of dying jasmine she loomed out that solemn brook, spinning herself a crown of silver, witches bones and citadels. For her…

— Arthur Crow

While you live, the revolution lives

— Suzanne Collins

“Brightly and merrily swaying, like an April shower, came the young lady. Perhaps if she had been sad and conscience stricken, like certain dames…

— Gyula Krúdy