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In every neck of the woods people walked in the imagination of doomsayers and talked the language of extinction. (p5)

— Alexis Wright The Swan Book (2013)

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Anyone can find hope in the stories: the big stories and the little ones in between.

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Like autumn leaves, bad days fell away as though the genius of the room could not retain them.

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Truly all it is is commitment, belief and dedication to the task and understanding in yourself that you will do it, even if it seems unbelievable at the time.

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We are going to need the greatest creativity we can find to work on the ever-increasing complex problems facing our combined humanity. We cannot afford a government censoring education and knowledge.

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