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“Hate gives identity. The nigger, the fag, the bitch illuminate the border, illuminate what we ostensibly are not, illuminate the Dream of being white, of being a Man. We name the hated strangers and are thus confirmed in the tribe.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“It was a source of both terror and comfort to me then that I often seemed invisible � incompletely and minimally existent, in fact. It seemed to me that I made no impact on the world, and that in exchange I was privileged to watch it unawares.”
― Housekeeping
― Housekeeping
“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
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“War’s never a winning thing, Charlie. You just lose all the time, and the one who loses last asks for terms. All I remember is a lot of losing and sadness and nothing good but the end of it. The end of it, Charles, that was a winning all to itself, having nothing to do with guns. But I don’t suppose that’s the kind of victory you boys mean for me to talk on.”
― Dandelion Wine
― Dandelion Wine
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