J. Bryce

“All history is present history in the sense that the concerns of the present are bound somehow to affect the way history is studied and written. All history is also personal, since it is impossible to avoid the influence of one's own opinions and prejudices on the selection and emphasis of one's historical material.”
― Paul Cartledge

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Then she spoke with Yolanda, her eldest child, with whom she'd been shopping all afternoon for an Easter dress. "Mommy, I'm not going to cry," Yoki said resolutely. "I'll see him again in heaven."
But something was bothering her, something clearly nagged at her young conscience. "Should I hate the man who killed my father?" she asked.
Coretta shook her head. "No, darling, your daddy wouldn't want you to do that.”
― Hampton Sides, Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

“I will tell everyone I know to come [to the library]. This place saves lives.”
― Gina Sheridan, I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks