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If you simply kept your eyes open, it seemed, you just might find something valuable in the most unlikely of places. The trick was to recognize a good thing when you saw it, no matter how odd or worthless it might at first appear, no matter ...more
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Madeline Miller
“It is youth's gift not to feel its debts.”
Madeline Miller, Circe

Ta-Nehisi Coates
“And it occurred to me how absurd it was to cling to morality when surrounded by people who had none.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer

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

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

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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