The anthrax, like the reactivation of the human pathogens of hatred and tribalism in this evolving century, had never died. It lay in wait, sleeping, until extreme circumstances brought it to the surface and back to life.
“We cannot be free until they are free.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it's breathtakingly beautiful.”
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“Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge. If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.”
― Manuscript Found in Accra
― Manuscript Found in Accra
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