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“Our ancestors sought knowledge, but we, their descendants, glorify ignorance.”
― S.J. Kincaid, The Diabolic

“It takes a very long time to become young.”
― Pablo Picasso

“The best was having nothing. No hope. No name in the throat. And finding the breath in you, the body, to ask.”
― Tracy K. Smith, Life on Mars: Poems

“Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for?"

"Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel."

"And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room