"We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them."

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Source : John Henrik Clarke (1991). “Africans at the crossroads: notes for an African world revolution”, Africa World Pr

John Henrik Clarke

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“No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.”
“Narcolepsy is a disorder that affects many different areas of life. So in typical patients with narcolepsy, they have something called "excessive daytime sleepiness." So, they're very sleepy during the day. Yet, at night, they're still sleepy, but their sleep is very broken.”
“I'll always say my prayers...and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.”
“We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!" Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast! What man can look on Death unterrified?”
“I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.”
“Because there's one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.”
“Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument.”

Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.72, Penguin
“Dogs are dogs, you sometimes think that they are not but they are. And they always are here there and everywhere.”

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