Friday, August 23, 2024

No time for despair

There is no time for despair.
No place for self pity.
No need for silence.
No room for fear.
We speak.
We write.
We do language.
That is how civilizations heal.

        Toni Morrison, 2015 article in The Nation 

 

 

 

 

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