Book Quotes

Quotations from books which are relevant to our times

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"O Europe! let not sceptred tyrants see
That thou must shelter in thy former state,
Keep thy chains burst, and boldly say thou art free,
Give thy kings law - leave not uncurbed thee great,
So with the horrors past thou'lt win a happier fate"
John Keats

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

"Disobey" - by Pussy Riot, the good Russians!
Pussy Riot completely destroyed Venice Biennale and its Kremlin asset organizers for supporting fascist Russia.

[Kim M.🌈🐘🦋 @violin4all]

Positive Earth News:
A super majority just shunned the Fossil Fuel Syndicate. The UN voted 141-8 to back a historic resolution affirming that governments have a legal obligation to act on the climate crisis. Of the 8 that opposed: USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia, other Petrostates.

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Who's really pulling the strings at Thames Water?

Shareholders have walked away. In their place are US hedge fund companies like Elliott Management, whose CEO is a Trump mega-donor. Is that who you want controlling our biggest water company?

Read our blog on the debate government doesn't want you to know about. https://t.co/nGj2NzUm5i

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"Someone in dark confusion as I was
When I drank down cold water in a glass,
Drank a transparent health to keep me sane,
After the bitter mood had gone again."
"A glass of water" May Sarton 2(2)

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"Here is a glass of water from my well.
It tastes of rock and root and earth and rain,
It is the best I have, my only spell,
And it is cold, and better than champagne.
Perhaps someone will pass the house one day
To drink and be restored, and go his way. "
May Sarton 1(2)

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨 DEEP-DIVE into Reform UK’s biggest donor: Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne who has funnelled £22m+ to Farage since 2019, including a record £9m single gift.

Two-thirds of the party’s funding from one man living abroad, heavy in Tether/Bitfinex circles.

Pro-farmer party or crypto libertarian project?

Reform courts farmers hard, but their top funder is a crypto tycoon in Thailand pushing low-tax digital wealth.

How does ‘brave new world’ of borderless money square with food security & British agriculture?

🔗 https://t.co/emlcQhTd8A

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"I have crossed the ocean
I have lost my tongue
from the roots of the old one
a new one has sprung"

Epilogue by Grace Nichols

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: A reporter CONFRONTS Karoline Leavitt about Pope Leo's announcement that God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war" and she responds with a deranged screed about America being founded on "Judeo-Christian values."

The White House is really falling apart over this one...

"Since you mentioned Easter and prayers, I wanted to ask you about something the Pope said yesterday," said the reporter. "So Pope Leo said yesterday, and I quote him 'God does not listen to the prayer of those who wage war.' Can you comment on that?"

"I think our nation was a nation founded 250 years ago, almost, on Judeo-Christian values," replied the White House Press Secretary. "And we've seen presidents, we've seen the leaders of the Department of War, and we've seen our troops go to prayer during the most turbulent times in our nation's history. And I don't think there's anything wrong with our military leaders or with the president calling on the American people to pray for our service members and those who are serving our country overseas."

"In fact, I think it's a very noble thing to do," she continued. "And if you talk to many service members, they will tell you they appreciate the prayers and support from the commander-in-chief and from his cabinet."

Of course, anyone with even a cursory understanding of this nation's history knows that it was not founded on "Judeo-Christian" values, but rather on Enlightenment ones. The Founding Fathers were explicit in their embrace of a separation between church and state. They would be horrified by the Republican Party's push towards Christian Nationalism.

As for Leavitt's remarks about these "turbulent times" that we find ourselves in, we have only her boss to thank for that. Donald Trump started this illegal war of aggression with zero consideration of America's best interests because Israel wanted it. Now, our service men and women are dying overseas so that a foreign nation can expand its territorial borders uncontested.

Meanwhile, Trump's nemesis Pope Leo XIV has been offering bold moral leadership on this issue.

"Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them," Leo said at Palm Sunday Mass this past weekend.

The pope's remarks were a less-than-veiled rebuke of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's nonstop efforts to paint this war as some kind of holy and righteous endeavor waged in the name of Jesus.

As for Karoline Leavitt, we suggest that she remove that cross that she makes a big show of wearing during her White House press briefings. Jesus Christ would be ashamed to call her a follower of his. She stands for the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children and the continued rule of a literal pedophile.

Please ❤️ and share if you stand with Pope Leo!

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"As in this last century
The crowded trains
Taking us away from home

Became our baby baskets
Rattling to foreign parts
Our exodus from death."

"Exodus" Lotte Kramer 2(2)

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"For all mothers in anguish
Pushing out their babies
In a small basket

To let the river cradle them
And kind hands find
And nurture them

Providing safety
In a hostile world:
Our constant gratitude."

"Exodus" Lotte Kramer 1(2)

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Oh look, after Spain spent the past six years investing heavily in solar and wind renewables, energy price fluctuations because of the US-Israel attack on Iran will impact them the least

"Since 2019, Spain has doubled its wind and solar capacity, adding over 40 GW - more than any other EU country except Germany, whose power market is twice the size of Spain’s"

"As a result, Spain’s electricity price is much less influenced by the ever-fluctuating cost of gas, which increased by 55 per cent the day after the Iran war started and has continued to rise"

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Awks for Tories & Reform who want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels: new ⁦@theCCCuk⁩ report shows transition to net zero will cost less than a single oil shock - £4bn a year - as well as delivering health & security benefits https://t.co/IsdCkSWSTP

[Новая газета Европа @novayagazeta_eu]

Алексей Москалев и его дочь прилетели во Францию по гуманитарным визам

Вечером 11 марта Алексей Москалев и его дочь Мария прилетели в Париж. Днем ранее они получили гуманитарные визы и документ, позволяющий въехать во Францию без загранпаспорта, стало известно «Новой-Европа».

Запрос на документы во французский МИД в конце декабря подала правозащитная организация inTransit, к ко��орой Москалевы обратились за помощью.

По словам координаторки inTransit, Москалевы рассчитывали получить немецкую гумвизу по критериям «особой значи��ости для Германии». Эта возможность сохранялась до января 2026 года. Процесс оформления документов растянулся больше чем на год.

Кроме этого, возросли риски преследования в России. В конце декабря прошлого года Марию начали искать органы опеки и давить на оставшихся родственников, а из-за ее антивоенного канала в Telegram был риск возбуждения дела о «дискредитации» российской армии уже против нее самой.

«В конце декабря 2025-го семья попросила подать их на французскую гуманитарную визу и laissez-passer, поскольку десятилетних загранпаспортов у них нет, а по пятил��тним въезд во Францию по гумвизе невозможен», — рассказал координатор inTransit.

В феврале французский МИД одобрил запрос Москалевых на гуманитарную защиту. 10 марта семья получила документы.

«Сейчас они долетели до Парижа. Мы очень рады, и благодарим МИД Германии, который приложил все возможные усилия, чтобы предоставить Москалевым защиту. И МИД Франции, за защиту в этом случае и в принципе — за то, что они продолжают оказывать поддержку россиянам, которых политически преследуют. Это особенно ценно на фоне закрытия аналогичных программ в других странах», — отметил координатор inTransit.

Преследование семьи Москалевых началось в апреле 2022 года, когда 13-летняя Мария нарисовала на уроке в школе антивоенный рисунок. Из-за него на ее отца завели дело о «дискредитации» армии, а саму девочку отправили сначала в приют, а затем к матери, с которой она почти не общалась. В октябре 2024 года отец и дочь уехали в Армению.

https://t.co/Qi4QXVhEfX

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"Sometimes our best efforts do not go amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to. The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow that seemed hard frozen: may it happen for you."
"Sometimes" Sheenagh Pugh

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don't fail, sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well."
"Sometimes" Sheenagh Pugh

[Book Quotes @SichkarAlex]

"A people sometimes will step back from war; elect an honest man; decide they care enough, that they can't leave some stranger poor. Some men become what they were born for."
"Sometimes" Sheenagh Pugh

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"We've got a problem in this country when Nigel Farage says 'jump' and Keir Starmer says 'how high?'"

Zack Polanski, Leader of the Green Party, speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy after his party's landmark win in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Watch/listen to the latest episode of the Fourcast on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

[ITVPolitics @ITVNewsPolitics]

EXCLUSIVE: Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU, ITV poll finds

https://t.co/ewQxNjULgS

[Tom Scott 🇺🇦 @Tom___Scott]

I can remember a time when a political party celebrating the launch of a book on how to launder money, written by a convicted fraudster who is also a long-term aide to the party leader, would have been seen as a rather large (& bizarre) red flag.
https://t.co/XK2zHNrBdd

[Dale Vince @DaleVince]

Another channel for dirty foreign money to influence our politics - Reform might say they want our country back, but how hypocritical is it to use foreign money to achieve that?

We need to end all donations in order to properly clean up politics - and end foreign and tax exile influence in our democracy.

https://t.co/xaeiFrZ2rH