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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
― James Baldwin

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“Immer müssen die Denkenden darauf verzichten zu leben, und die Lebenden haben es nicht nötig zu denken. Die erlösende Tat wird nie getan werden, denn der die Kraft hätte, sie zu tun, weiß nicht, dass er sie tun muss, und der Wissende ist unfähig zu handeln.”
― Marlen Haushofer, Wir töten Stella / Das fünfte Jahr

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“I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived. I believe that all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child. . . . that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

tags: age, wisdom

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“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
― Nikki Giovanni

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