“Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.”

“The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.”

“Children delight in poetry if they are not frightened away by adults' fear of poetry.”

“WHO LIKES HOT DOGS”

“Language could be used as an instrument of control, a way of establishing hierarchies that suggest one set of people is better or more special than another. Through language, one automatically identifies one's place within a social and cultural hierarchy and we all carry with us illogical attitudes about the bearers of particular language, based on our own cultural background and continued exposure to local political ideals.”

“Gifts were dangerous things, she thought. Sometimes one succeeded only in taking far more than one gave.”

“It was over, the awkward moment, the dreaded moment, sliding past in a ripple of commonplaces, the easy mechanical politenesses that are so much more than empty convention; they are the greaves and cuirasses that arm the naked nerve.”