"Nobody knew how to be what they were right."

--

John Barth

“The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.”
“I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.”
“That's interesting," Bitterblue said. "You think a conscience requires fear?”
“You are right. I have no idea, and it is none of my business, and I was taught to obey my parents. But sometimes it is just impossible to obey blindly. Sometimes a child must strike out on her own. A child cannot be a child forever, whether that means not touching a spindle or . . . or . . .”
“We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”
“The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.”
“The past gives great examples of what can happen in the future. It's always important to remember.”
“Literature is the expression of society.”

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