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Books, you know, they’re not just commodities. The profit motive often is in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism. Its power seems ine...more

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We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.

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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Res...more

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A promise is a direction taken, a self-limitation of choice. As Odo pointed out, if no direction is taken, if one goes nowhere, no change will occur. ...more

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You shall not go down twice to the same river, nor can you go home again. That he knew; indeed it was the basis of his view of the world. Yet from tha...more

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And I speak of spiritual suffering! Of people seeing their talent, their work, their lives wasted. Of good minds submitting to stupid ones. Of strengt...more

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You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.

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You shall not go down good twice to the same river, nor can you go home again. That he knew; indeed it was the basis of his view of the world. Yet fro...more

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This was a great magic. Festin had no more performed it than has any man who in exile or danger longs for the earth and waters of his home, seeing and...more

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I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn't it what all the great wars and battles are fought for -- so ...more