And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this should remain as it is, is a human being by definition only, having much more in common with the bedbug, the tapeworm, the cancer, and the scavengers of the deep sea.


Cotton Tenants: Three Families (ed. Melville House, 2013) - ISBN: 9781612192130

James Agee Quotes

And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this...

And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this...

And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this...

And a human being whose life is nurtured in an advantage which has accrued from the disadvantage of other human beings, and who prefers that this...