“There are more valuable things in life than safety and comfort. Learn. You owe it to yourself.”
― Akata Witch
― Akata Witch
“I'm Valerie Rye,' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.”
― Bloodchild and Other Stories
― Bloodchild and Other Stories
“Why do people always wonder whether books are any good, without wondering whether they are themselves in a state to profit from them?”
― Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
― Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”
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“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
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