"The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well."

-- Charles de Lint

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“And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink.”
“Regardless of how you interpret the facts, you have to come to the conclusion that inequality is widening in the US and in almost every other country.”
“When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.”
“Having traveled across America and to 24 counties as the first-ever UN Youth Champion, Iâ€™m inspired by the desire of young people everywhere to make the world a better place. At GimmeMoâ€™, our goal is to build a global community of enlightened young people â€” those who wish to be the change they wish to see in the world, to borrow a phrase from Gandhi â€” and to raise awareness surrounding some of the biggest challenges that Millennials face both in the U.S. and around the world.”
“When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth. Everyone's thought is forensic, everyone is simply putting a "case" with deliberate suppression of his opponent's point of view, and, what is more, with complete insensitiveness to any sufferings except those of himself and his friends.”
“Problem with segregation isn't that people can't live in peaceful harmony singing "Kumbaya" - although that wouldn't be bad. The problem is that many of these Whitopian communities are taking state, local, and federal resources with them.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.
“Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.”
“When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.”

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