Famous quotes containing the words rack and/or system:
“Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass; he hates him
That would upon the rack of this tough world
Stretch him out longer.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Loving feels lonely in a violent world,
irrelevant to people burning like last year’s weed
with bellies distended, with fish throats agape
and flesh melting down to glue.
We can no longer shut out the screaming
That leaks through the ventilation system ...”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)