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“Who protects you?” he asked, not doubting her abilities but curious to hear her answer. It was brash, much like the captain herself. “The sea herself,” she said. “I am her daughter, and when I’m with my mother”—she exhaled gustily—“nobody ...more
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Do you try to treat cancer sores or the cancer itself? We cannot afford to give pocket money to our children. We cannot afford to eat meat. We cannot afford bread. So your child steals and you turn to him in surprise? You must try to heal the cancer because the sores will keep coming back.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Fear. I was familiar with fear, yet each time I felt it, it was never the same as the other times, as though it came in different flavors and colors.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus
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“But we look away at our own peril. For what wonders await us when we don't turn away. Sometimes it is easier to try to make sense of the world one story at a time.
And when we dare to listen, we remember that there is no "other," there is only us, and what we have in common will always be greater than what separates us.”
Catherine Burns, The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown

Madeline Miller
“Ein goldener Käfig ist und bleibt ein Käfig.”
Madeline Miller, Circe

Ta-Nehisi Coates
“And by then, I well knew what would be done upon that land, how the sin of theft would be multiplied by the sin of bondage.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

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