"Men tire themselves in the pursuit of sleep."

-- Laurence Sterne

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“We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties, and traditions. We had grown so tall we thought we could afford to cut the roots that held us down, only to discover that the tallest trees need the most elaborate roots of all.”
“Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe!”
“If itâ€™s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.”
“My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in my small, dirty little studio up in Harlem.”
“There's no point apologizing about where you come from.”
“To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward...”
“The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.”

Source : Frantz Fanon (2007). “The Wretched of the Earth”, p.17, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future”

Source : Patty Duke (1992). “A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-depressive Illness”, Bantam

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