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“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”
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“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.”
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“We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.”
― The Bingo Palace
― The Bingo Palace
“I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.”
― You Don't Love Me Yet
― You Don't Love Me Yet
“As a culture worker who belongs to an oppressed people my job is to make revolution irresistible.”
― Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
― Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara
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