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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”
― Parable of the Talents
“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.”
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“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― VALIS
― VALIS
“Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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