“A silence fell between them; in it lay the ugly truth that none of them wanted to face. The village was in South Vietnam. And only the Americans had bombs.”
― The Women
― The Women
“I want to be among the coalition of the faithful. I want to be among those working for the change we need now.” That’s the decision with which I need to align my life every day.”
― How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
― How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
“Gamache was very aware of the warning not to attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.”
― The Grey Wolf
― The Grey Wolf
“By adulthood, researchers have found, most Americans have been exposed to a culture with enough negative messages about African-Americans and other marginalized groups that as much as 80 percent of white Americans hold unconscious bias against black Americans, bias so automatic that it kicks in before a person can process it, according to the Harvard sociologist David R. Williams. The messaging is so pervasive in American society that a third of black Americans hold anti-black bias against themselves.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“OM SATYAM NARAYANAM”
― The Mala Beads : A Novel of Hope and Discovery in a Time of Chaos
― The Mala Beads : A Novel of Hope and Discovery in a Time of Chaos
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