“Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined to dismantle it; those who strive to build a protective wall around it, and those who wish to pull it down; those who seek to mould it and those committed to breaking it up; those who aim to open our eyes, to make us see the light and look to tomorrow [...] and those who wish to lull us into closing our eyes”
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“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.”
― Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot
― Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot
“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”
― Anthills of the Savannah
― Anthills of the Savannah
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