"Most people who have survived abuse have great strength."

“Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.”

Source : Kwame Nkrumah (1968). “Dark days in Ghana”, Lawrence & Wishart

“The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.”

“Either the law exists, or it does not.”

Source : Andre Norton (2015). “The Zero Stone”, p.124, Open Road Media

“The Parisienne is not in fashion, she is fashion.”

“We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.”

“The score is doing a lot of work. It's like Wagner. It's like a yak carrying people.”

“Pelagianism is the natural heresy of zealous Christians who are not interested in theology.”

“And I came to understand, in a way I never had before, that books are truly the stuff of miracles. I even dared to dream that someday, somehow, I might surround myself with books from many times and many tongues...”

Source : T. A. Barron (2011). “The Lost Years”, p.65, Penguin