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“Certain kinds of trauma visited on peoples are so deep, so cruel, that unlike money, unlike vengeance, even unlike justice, or rights, or the goodwill of others, only writers can translate such trauma and turn sorrow into meaning, sharpening the moral imagination.”
― Toni Morrison, The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

“But when they laugh, you can see the world in their eyes.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.”
― Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World

“It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger