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“Nathan had to admit it was a highly effective war strategy. You didn’t need an army; just a way to turn the native, indigenous creatures against each other, wait until there was no serious resistance, and then move right in.”
― Barry Kirwan, When the children come

tags: action, drama, survival-instinct, suspense, thriller

98 likes

“Focusing on and prioritizing civil discourse ensures that you don’t miss great opportunities to learn and grow with others.”
― Milan Kordestani, I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World

tags: challenging, communication, connection, empathy, experience, explore, identity, personal-growth, societal-expectations, thought

83 likes

“No white person could possibly understand what it is like to be black in America, even someone like me, a descendant of Holocaust victims and survivors.”
― Mark M. Bello, Betrayal In Black

tags: blacklivesmatter, civil-rights, fear, inequality, police-brutality, race, racial-prejudice, racial-profiling, racism-in-america, social-justice

8 likes

“Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece