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We have had, alas, and still have, the doubtful habit of reverence. Above all, we respect things as they are. ("Justice to Feminism")

— Cynthia Ozick Art & Ardor (1983)

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Metaphor is the reciprocal agent, the universalizing force: it makes possible the power to envision the stranger's heart.

Metaphor & Memory (1991)

It is useless either to hate or to love truth - but it should be noticed.

Trust (1966)

Real apprenticeship is ultimately always to the self.

Fame & folly (1996)

She thought: How hard it is to change one’s life. And again she thought: How terrifyingly simple to change the lives of others.

Foreign Bodies (2010)

Lie, illusion, deception, she said--was that it truly, the universal language we all speak?

Dictation: A Quartet (2008)

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James H. Cone Speaking the Truth: Ecumenism, Liberation, and Black Theology (1986)

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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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