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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are


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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.

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If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.



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The function of freedom is to free someone else.



Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.



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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.



If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.



In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.



All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.



Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.





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