“Black pony, big moon, and olives in my saddlebag. Although I know the roads I’ll never reach Cordoba.” —from Rider’s Song by Federico Garcia Lorca It’s too bad that my understanding of slavery is so influenced by movies like Django Unchained...
“In the ethical instruction which is given in school, stress is placed upon giving alms and performing public deeds of kindness; it is more difficult, apparently, to stress the subtle but more important acts of generosity, such as giving another a chance to be...
“I think that pleasure is a very difficult behavior. It’s not as simple as that to enjoy one’s self. And I must say that’s my dream. I would like and hope I die of an overdose of pleasure of any kind.” —Michel Foucault A spy waited down...
“Dr. King was born in 1929 in Georgia. Since he was black, he could not go to the same schools as white children. Black Americans also had to use separate restrooms, restaurants, theaters and swimming pools in some states. Dr. King thought that this was wrong....
The snore-activated nudging pillow The only heated outdoor cat shelter The iPhone-controlled lightbulb The briefcase fitness center the tear-free onion glasses the full bottle wine glass the best nose-hair trimmer the world’s brightest vanity mirror the personal...
“Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of all things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world . . . Nothing was hard, and everything...
