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"The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things."

Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet (2nd June 1840-1928)

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"The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth."

Henry Beston, naturalist and author (1st June 1888-1968)

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"Your love to me was like an unread book."

Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, and playwright (30th May 1903-1946)

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"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."

John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (29th May 1917 - 1963)

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"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

William Pitt, British prime minister (28th May 1759-1806)

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"Compassion is not weakness and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."

Hubert Humphrey, US Vice President (27th May 1911-1978)

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"A man that is ashamed of passions that are natural and reasonable is generally proud of those that are shameful and silly."

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, author (26th May 1689-1762)

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"What’s madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?"

Theodore Roethke, poet (25th May 1908-1963)

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"A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

Margaret Fuller, author, critic, and women's rights advocate (23rd May 1810-1850)

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"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (22nd May 1859-1930)

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"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

Alexander Pope, poet (21st May 1688-1744)

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"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."

John Stuart Mill, philosopher and economist (20th May 1806-1873)

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"Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships."

Ruskin Bond, author (b. 19th May 1934)

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"Oh, threats of hell and hopes of paradise! / One thing at least is certain — this life flies; / One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; / The flower that once has blown forever dies."

Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, and physician (18th May 1048-1131)

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"As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity."

William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator (16th May 1801-1872)

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"The past is never where you think you left it."

Katherine Anne Porter, writer and activist (15th May 1890-1980)

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📢 ISRAEL HAS KIDNAPPED ALL 12 CREW ON BOARD THE MADLEEN HUMANITARIAN AID SHIP 🚨

Earlier this evening, the IOF boarded The Madleen humanitarian aid ship, headed to break the siege on Gaza.

As a result, 12 foreign nationals have been kidnapped by the IOF and their fate is currently unknown.

You can help.

You can contact the relevant ministries of foreign affairs for the crew on board The Madleen and also the UK foreign ministry as this was a UK flagged ship.

This is a violation of international law and an attack on the UK's sovereignty.

The crew on board The Madleen also reported white "paint" being poured on them and it's unknown what this substance was.

Please write to your local representatives and the relevant ministries of foreign affairs to demand the safe release of all 12 crew members who were on board The Madleen.

This is a crisis.