Separated lovers cheat absence by a thou…

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars-all the beauties of creation.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Victor Hugo

Senator, I started my life in a house wi…

Senator, I started my life in a house without water or electricity. So I don’t cede to you the high moral ground of not knowing what life is like in a ditch. to Senator Robert Byrd at a budget hearing

Quote, saying and phrase by: Paul O’Neill

Senator, I am one of them. You do not se…

Senator, I am one of them. You do not seem to understand who I am. I am a black woman, the daughter of a dining-car worker … If my life has any meaning at all, it is that those who start out as outcasts can wind up as being part of the system.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Patricia Roberts Harris