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Responsibility is active. Vigilant. Actions become character and character becomes destiny. . .the moment you see something is wrong, you have a responsibility.

— Ben Okri Dangerous Love (1996)

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If your work can surprise you then you have started something worthwhile.

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"Learn to drink, my son. A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life."

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"Writing is a way of paying attention to life."

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In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.

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For your reflections reflect on the things you do. And the things you do reflect on you.

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