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“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“There is no such thing as greatness”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“They say it came from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fukú americanus, or more colloquially, fukú - generally a curse or doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World.
No matter what its name or provenance, it is believed that the arrival of Europeans on Hispaniola unleashed fukú on the world, and we've all been in the shit ever since.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
No matter what its name or provenance, it is believed that the arrival of Europeans on Hispaniola unleashed fukú on the world, and we've all been in the shit ever since.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“That summer, Corbyn and his supporters pushed against a door they thought was made of reinforced steel; as things proved, it was made of cardboard.”
― This Land: The Struggle for the Left
― This Land: The Struggle for the Left
“There will always be some who see excellence and envy it instead of striving to emulate it.”
― The Just City
― The Just City
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