Words&Dirt

“Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love. But always meeting ourselves.”

––Ulysses, by James Joyce, pg. 213

“I cannot emphasize enough how important it was that we developed ‘coalition politics.’ The way to rekindle hope in America, we learned in our small New England city, is to bring people together. After all, most people share things common with their neighbors. They work hard to make a living, they are concerned about their children, they want to drink clean water and to feel safe in their homes. Reminding ordinary people that government can and should work for them, speak with their voice, is the great strength of coalition politics, and the hope, I believe, for America’s future.”

––Outsider in the White House, by Bernie Sanders and Huck Gutman, pg. 40