Gustavo Sonneborn

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John Gunther
“God was always there. He sat beside us during the doctors’ consultations, as we waited the long vigils outside the operating room, as we rejoiced in the miracle of a brief recovery, as we agonized when hope ebbed away, and the doctors confessed there was no longer anything they could do. They were helpless, and we were helpless, and in His way, God, standing by us in our hour of need, God in His infinite wisdom and mercy and loving kindness, God in all His omnipotence, was helpless too.”
John Gunther, Death Be Not Proud

Kyle Keyes
“Frankly, Olan couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a ping pong paddle.”
Kyle Keyes, Worm Holes

Richard Wright
“With ever watchful eyes and bearing scars, visible and invisible, I headed North, full of a hazy notion that life could be lived with dignity, that the personalities of others should not be violated, that men should be able to confront other men without fear or shame, and that if men were lucky in their living on earth they might win some redeeming meaning for the having struggled and suffered here beneath the stars.”
Richard Wright, Black Boy

Lois Lowry
“They can't help it. They know nothing”
Lois Lowry, The Giver

Tim Butcher
“Belgian colonial law barred Congolese from reaching senior positions in the army, civil service, judiciary or other organs of state, and by the time the colonialists left, the country had barely a handful of graduates. Control of the Congo fell into the hands not of a cadre of trained, experienced, educated leaders, but of young turks who suddenly found themselves vying for positions of enormous influence.”
Tim Butcher, Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

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