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“Your silence will not protect you.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“No matter what heaven you believe in, your time on this earth will end. What I'm saying is that you should listen--really listen--to the slosh of the waves and the distant call of pacific birds. You should feel a boy's pulse against your cheek; you should fill you lungs with ocean air. While you can, I mean. You should do these things while you still can.”
― Emery Lord

“Not a day on your calendar should ever be empty. It's bad luck. Twenty-four hours of wasted opportunity.”
― John Corey Whaley