"By the numbers, by all the official records, here at the confluence of history, of racism, of poverty, and economic power, this is what our lives are worth: nothing."

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Source : Jesmyn Ward (2013). “Men We Reaped: A Memoir”, p.139, A&C Black

Jesmyn Ward

#Numbers Quotes #Racism Quotes #Records Quotes

“I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.”
“We must pay attention to the millions of children of this generation who are caught up in armed conflicts. How can we protect them from the worst consequences of war? And when hostilities cease, how can we take the war out of them? By eliminating landmines, controlling the sale of small arms, raising the age of recruitment ... are all essential measures. By reuniting children with their families and providing programs of physical and psychological rehabilitation.”
“It was a standard fantasy when you fell in love to imagine you could go back in time and find your beloved growing up, appear there, save him or her, get together as adolescents, by magic, and go on together, fighting for one another, into old age, never wavering.”

Source : Norman Rush (2013). “Subtle Bodies”, p.11, Granta Books
“In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.”
“The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.”
“Interesting shade #23 Lush Golden Blonde highlights. Heyyyyyy.... The woman in the awful suit was me! The woman in the cheap shoes was me!”
“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.”

Source : "Ways of Seeing". Book by John Berger; Penguin Books, 1972.
“I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.”

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