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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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The immediate point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
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“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ”
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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
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An international reading club appreciating books by authors of African descent in the continent and in the diaspora.
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