The wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.
I'm discriminated against all the time.
Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own literary language.
The loss of national identity is the greatest defeat a nation can know, and it is inevitable under the contemporary form of colonization.
We are not angels. Nor are we the devils you have made us out to be.
Kosovo is not a part of Serbia. It is the very heart of Serbia.
Slobodan Miloševi?, more than anyone else, caused a division within the Left and Centre Left, dividing the pacifists, anti-imperialists and anti-Americans from the anti-fascists and the internationalists. He reminded too many of us that inaction can be as toxic and murderous as action. He prepared us - for weal or woe - for the new world.
Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.
Where the underworld can meet the elite, Forty-Second Street.
We live in a kind of dark age, craftily lit with synthetic light, so that no one can tell how dark it has really gotten. But our exiled spirits can tell. Deep in our bones resides an ancient singing couple who just won't give up making their beautiful, wild noise. The world won't end if we can find them.
There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming services.