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First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
"Pastor Niemoller (via cultureofresistance)
this was one of those quotes that had a huge huge impact on me as a kid
(via youarenotyou)
(Source: knowledgeappliedispower, via anarchofeminist)
"I believe the poor fierce-eyed child had figured out that with a mere fifty dollars in her purse she might somehow reach Broadway or Hollywood—or the foul kitchen of a diner (Help Wanted) in a dismal ex-prairie state, with the wind blowing, and the stars blinking, and the cars, and the bars, and the barmen, and everything soiled, torn, dead."
Vladimir Nabakov - Lolita (via thinksmalldreambig)
"Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know."
Vladimir Nabokov (via oh-sayitaintso)
