Charles Blow > Charles's Quotes

“You don’t have to dumb it down, but you do have to sum it up.”
― Charles M. Blow

“I say, seeking to diminish the human dignity of another whose only crime is not loving whom you would have him or her love is immoral and an offense to the indomitable determination of the heart.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Children can’t see their budding lives through the long lens of wisdom – the wisdom that benefits from years passed, hurdles overcome, strength summoned, resilience realized, selves discovered and accepted, hearts broken but mended and love experienced in the fullest, truest majesty that the word deserves. For them, the weight of ridicule and ostracism can feel crushing and without the possibility of reprieve. And, in that dark and lonely place, desperate and confused, they can make horrible decisions that can’t be undone.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Voter apathy is a civic abdication.”
― Charles M. Blow

“Our politics are overrun with characters acting at the behest of shadows.”
― Charles M. Blow