
“There has to come a time when we children of apartheid, black and white, say to each other, "Look, my grandparents were not right with your grandparents. My parents were not right with your parents. But I want to be right with you." We have to be the generation who understands that racism, sexism, homophobia, religious bigotry - inequality in all its ugly guises - splinters the most powerful asset available to humankind: unity.”
― Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela
― Going to the Mountain: Life Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela

“Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic

“People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the only moral they know.”
― I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel
― I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel

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