"It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved."

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Source : Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.57, Library of America

Gwendolyn Brooks

#Courage Quotes #Brave Quotes #Fearful Quotes

“Even if animal experiments did result in a cure for AIDS, of which there is no chance, I'd be against it on moral grounds.”
“We live surrounded by white images, and white in this world is synonymous with the good, light, beauty, success, so that, despite ourselves sometimes, we run after that whiteness and deny our darkness, which has been made into the symbol of all that is evil and inferior.”

Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.79, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Now is the only thing that exists.”
“We make allowance for necessity.”
“People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more.”
“A family is a family not because of gender but because of values, like commitment, trust and love.”
“Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.”
“The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.”

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