The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. Apart hate, is what it was. You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all.
“Just because you have a choice, it doesn't mean that any of them 'has' to be right.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes ... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
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