I never thought of myself as a "cultured" person until...

Growing up in the counter-culture 1960s, where academic discipline at many colleges and universities became lax,
I never thought of myself as a particularly cultured person.

But I woke up in the 21st century, looked around and listened to the yammering that passed for conversation,
and then I realized it was all relative.

Schubert was not the name of an ice cream or gelato:  this much I knew.


-Lily H.

Male cats howl continually if they are not

It wasn't just  Maggie, it was Brick, too.


As I understand, male cats howl continually if not spayed--and thus can be a major pain in the ass.

In our society, machismo and violence of all kinds (not just gun violence) is endemic.

We, gay or straight, would do well to learn from our feline brethren.

-Lily H.

If you can...you can survive.

If you can tell the truth, you can survive.

It helps if someone is listening.

Look into the eyes of animals:  they do not lie.  For human beings, though, it takes effort.

-Lily H.

If we're killing each other

If we'z killin' each other, that's the fault of the police, they not protectin' us at all, jus lettin' us die like flies, ain't fair.

-Anonymous

Whoever you are, whatever it is you are doing is all right.

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Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.   

 -Blanche dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire

(to Missie Jo):

Whatever it is that you are doing, it is all right.    

-Lily H.

*  http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/theatre/2009/12/14/091214crth_theatre_lahr

Feelings of racial superiority

Feelings of superiority based on race, history, physical stature, or moral righteousness, 
undermine 

the cause of racial equality in this country.

-Lily H.




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The fact that I prefer A to B does not mean necessarily that A is better than B.   I just like A more than B.  Even if I really don't like B at all.
-Ibid.

Le racisme: une epithete qu'on doit parfois prendre a la legere

Les gens qui disent que quelqu'un d'autre est raciste sont souvent  plus racistes que celui-la.

-Lily H.