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"That they should let you live—to live, / aye—simply live." — Patrice Lumumba (July 2, 1925-January 17, 1961)

"The light. The light. One will perish without the light." — James Baldwin (August 2, 1924-December 1, 1987)

"Praise her [Autumn], ye children of the Earth, / For her beauty's proud array, / And love her for the generous store / That she scatters on her way." — Horace Beriah Chamberlain (November 15, 1834-December 7, 1861; photographed copy of poem with permission of The Library of Congress [LOC], Washington, D.C.)

"The Earth: 'I have groaned; I have trav- / ailed: I am weary. / I am blind with my own grief, and cannot / see.'" — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Shield me from myself / At times I have wounded you. / I do not forget." — Amy Lowell

Straight from the horse's mouth so I can shut you up.

"That's what love is: / A good book." — Nikki Giovanni

Knowledge is everything.