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Tennessee Williams
“I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.”
Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth

Gustave Flaubert
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
Gustave Flaubert

Parker J. Palmer
“The more you know about another person's story, the less possible it is to see that person as your enemy.”
Parker J. Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

Émile Zola
“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.”
Emile Zola

Simon Schama
“Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.”
Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age

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