"Out of mind as soon as out of sight."

“I've always been a social network retard, even before there was a social network. People would say, "You want to go to this party and do some networking?"”

“You start admiring someone who's famous for actually doing something---imagine that---and I swear to you I will buy you every item in her entire wardrobe. But over my own dead body will I spend my own time and money turning you into a clone of some brain-dead waste of skin who thinks the pinnacle of achievement is selling her wedding shots to a magazine.”

“Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.”

“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to answer the call of individuation. We must turn away from the cacaphony of the outerworld to hear the inner voice. When we can dare to live its promptings, then we achieve personhood. We may become strangers to those who thought they knew us, but at least we are no longer strangers to ourselves.”

Source : James Hollis (1993). “The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife”, p.116, Inner City Books

“If you're black living in the community and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's true of anybody. I mean you could use celebrity as a similar metaphor.”

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“God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.”

“Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings!”

“I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write.”

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