There is a pain-so utter-
It swallows substance up-
Then covers the Abyss with Trance
So Memory can step
Around-across-upon it
As one within a Swoon-
goes safely-where an open eye-
Would drop Him-Bone by Bone
– EMILY DICKINSON
Sir, what is it that constitutes character, popularity, and power in the United States? Sir, it is property, and that only!
– GOVERNOR JOHN HAMMOND OF SOUTH CAROLINA
For the final consummation, that I might feel less lonely, it was my final wish that as I climbed the scaffold, I would be greeted with cries of execration.
– ALBERT CAMUS, The Stranger