Danielle Swain

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Danielle’s Quotes

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
― James Baldwin

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“As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.”
― Noam Chomsky

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“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
― Noam Chomsky

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“Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!”
― Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

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