Lost Revolutions Quotes

“Lillian Smith closely observed the young women she encountered. In 1956, she had harsh words for Vassar students. "They shun wisdom, vision, love, compassion, hope." Smith noted that above all else they sought "security from hope. If they have hope, then they will have to assume the responsibility that lies before them. But as long as one is hopeless, one need do nothing, be nothing: hopelessness can pay high dividends (especially in the world we all art, literature, etc. etc.).”
― Pete Daniel, Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s