by Christopher
"Weak things have power.
...Only the truly weak are free of
the temptation to dominate, to harm.
That is why democracy is about weakness,
why it is to the weak we turn for help
when we are beaten, condemned.
This is why poems continue
like the air."
What/who is the source of this quotation?! (Citation?)
ReplyDeleteTom Wayman, as quoted by The Weakerthans in the lyric booklet for the album "Fallow".
ReplyDeletewhy don't you include it with the quotation? i don't understand
ReplyDeleteyou guys are funny
ReplyDeleteI still don't understand why he prefers initially-anonymous quotations.
ReplyDeleteBecause "weak things have power".
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