Beneatha Assimilationist Quotes

#1. Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods.
[Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]

Horace

#2. With their ship, the Horse, They ply the sea of grass, They stalk the walking mountains, With stones they make their beds.

Greg Keyes

#3. The most striking thing about beautiful churches, to me, is that they were mostly designed by people who were inspired by a belief in something larger and more important than themselves, and this is how I try to lead my own life.

James Patterson

#4. We are so lucky to live here, he would say, and she couldn't disagree. They were lucky that the earth had conspired to heap up such startling beauty in one place, and they were lucky that it hadn't all fallen apart yet in a a geological catastrophe.

Chris Adrian

#5. Why did love have to hurt so much?

Marie Higgins

#6. The Rum Turn Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He's always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he's at home, then he'd like to get about.

T. S. Eliot

#7. Trust me, sweetheart, there is a reason centuries of fathers have fought brutal wars to protect the concept of Immaculate Conception.

Karin Slaughter

#8. I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.

Victoria Legrand

#9. The best way to make somebody feel important is to try to assassinate them.

Demetri Martin