#petra

Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable? ↗

— Catharine MacKinnon

#genocide #hold #perpetrators #postmodernism

Yes, the wind came up--" Mrs. Sharpe began. She paused. "And changed us all," Petra said softly. ↗

— Blue Balliett

#mrs-sharpe #petra #wind #change

My galley, charged with forgetfulness, Thorough sharp seas in winter nights doth pass 'Tween rock and rock; and eke mine enemy, alas, That is my lord, steereth with cruelness; And every oar a thought in readiness, As though that death were light in such a case. An endless wind doth tear the sail apace Of forced sighs and trusty fearfulness. A rain of tears, a cloud of dark disdain, Hath done the weared cords great hinderance; Wreathed with error and eke with ignorance. The stars be hid that led me to this pain. Drowned is reason that should me consort, And I remain despairing of the port. ↗

— Thomas Wyatt

#sonnet #death

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and put the dream into mass production. ↗

— Angela Carter

#hollywood #into #itself #mass #mass production

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#justice #law #name #perpetrated #shield

She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lying her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place. It's folly to shrink in fear, if this is dying; for death looked lovely in her face. ↗

— Francesco Petrarca

#petrarch #plague #death

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#beings #capacity #evil #extraordinary #horrendous

The Children's Safety Act will help protect children from the perpetrators of these vile crimes by strengthening notification requirements for sex offenders and increasing criminal penalties. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#children #crimes #criminal #criminal penalties #help

The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top. ↗

— Rob Walton

#by the people #i #people #perpetrated #society

I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent. ↗

— Darrell Hammond

#between #book #i #i think #perpetrator