The author, Russell Hoban, was a fan of J. D. Salinger—dude who wrote The Catcher in the Rye, which is a whole other story. Hoban said this gobsmacking thing about Salinger, called him “a man without eyelids” the line always stuck with me
“I will encounter things designed to try to break my spirit, things that try to make me feel as if I don’t belong because of the colour of my skin. That is wrong, and I will do whatever I can, for as long as I can, to stop it; not just for myself, but for other people like me too.”
― You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be
― You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be
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