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Angels aren't pretty pictures in old holy books, just like monsters aren't ugly pictures. It's all just people, doing hard things or doing bad things.”

— Akwaeke Emezi Pet (2019)

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There was nothing boiling in him, just a loud and clear exhale, a weight of peace wrapping around his heart.”

The Death of Vivek Oji (2020)

She had tried explaining it so many times, but he was hung up on the woman she used to be, and she was disappointed in the man he still was.

Little Rot (2024)

"The body can carry many truths at the same time."

"Art has always been a place where I could imagine freedom before I could live it."

"I'm interested in telling stories that refuse easy explanations."

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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