All important things are hard.

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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

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Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

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Liberation means you don't have to be silenced.

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Laughter is more serious than tears.

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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

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You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative - no author does, I can tell you - you could nevertheless create it.

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The function of freedom is to free someone else.

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Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.

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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.

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