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Stray Birds
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BLESSED is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.
Your legacy is your truth not your fame.
“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed.” I look at her. “The first one sounds fair. The second one is fair.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“That if our legacy is not entitlement, it must be hope. Because if it’s not, then we become the shiftless, the wandering, the conquered. We become what they think we are. —”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
“You are wise,” he said.
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
“If it is so,” I said, “it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.”
― Circe
“As Roxana Robinson said, “A writer is like a tuning fork: we respond when we’re struck by something….If we’re lucky we’ll transmit a strong pure note, one that isn’t ours, but which passes through us.”
― Small Great Things
― Small Great Things
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