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Joe Rouse
@joerouse.bsky.social
Human, writer, editor, teacher, complainer.
LOL.
How do I book Nick Saban’s VRBO?
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 AM
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays

@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
#MartinLutherKingJr #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays

@gtconway.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“Man, I can assure you, is a nasty creature.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“I have the defect of being more
sincere than persons wish.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays

@gtconway.bsky.social @olbermann.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
#Moliere #literarybirthdays
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It’s not a surprise what is happening in America right now, if you sit and think about it for a minute.

A better question may be; why haven’t we stopped it?
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Anyone want to move to England with me?
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I’ve seen Béla perform at least a dozen times since college.

It’s no surprise he’d do the right thing.
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Reposted by Joe Rouse
Make it viral.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.”
#ZoraNealeHurston #literarybirthdays
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.”
#ZoraNealeHurston #literarybirthdays
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”
#ZoraNealeHurston #literarybirthdays
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.”
#ZoraNealeHurston #literarybirthdays
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM