“When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir . . . America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of color are concerned.Martin Luther King (Jr.)
“People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It’s one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.Helen Fisher
“The greatest poverty is not to live In a physical world, to feel that one’s desire Is too difficult to tell from despair. Wallace Stevens