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“Absolute beauty,
That which contains all the world's majesty and misery
And which is only visible to those who love.”
― The Romantic Dogs
That which contains all the world's majesty and misery
And which is only visible to those who love.”
― The Romantic Dogs
“That's what's important really, Keeper says. Learning how to be what the Creator created you to be. Face your truth.”
― Keeper'n Me
― Keeper'n Me
“Man makes history; woman is history. The reproduction of the species is feminine: it runs steadily and quietly through all species, animal or human, through all short-lived cultures. It is primary, unchanging, everlasting, maternal, plantlike, and cultureless. If we look back we find that it is synonymous with life itself.”
― Aphorisms
― Aphorisms
“What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.”
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
― There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
“All that we are is story. From the moment we are born to the time we continue on our spirit journey, we are involved in the creation of the story of our time here. It is what we arrive with. It is all we leave behind. We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. What comes to matter then is the creation of the best possible story we can while we’re here; you, me, us, together. When we can do that and we take the time to share those stories with each other, we get bigger inside, we see each other, we recognize our kinship – we change the world, one story at a time…”
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