"I dare say you marvel sometimes at my independent way of walking through the world just as if nature had made me of your sex instead of poor Eve's. Trust me, my beloved friend, the mind has no sex but what habit and education give it, and I who was thrown in infancy upon the world like a wreck upon the waters have learned, as well to struggle with the elements as any male child of Adam."

-- Frances Wright

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“There is no dispute managed without passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion.”
“What do you think?" I whisper to Peeta. "About the fire?" "I'll rip off your cape if you'll rip off mine," he says through gritted teeth.”
“It is necessary to dig deep within oneself to discover the hidden grain of steel called will.”

Source : "A Brother Runs Past His Sorrow" by Juliet Macur, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 2014.
“The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.”

Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.11, tredition
“My disability has opened my eyes to see my true abilities.”
“The Street is as large as consciousness itself. So, when creating art for the street, be mindful of where the public's head is at these days. Give the public a real alternative to the strict diet of celebrity gossip, religion, and un-reality television.”
“Behind every great man is a good brother.”
“He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.”

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