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“The attempt to see through eyes that are not your own. To understand that your way of looking at the world is not the only one. To think what it might mean to love those that are not like you. To rejoice in the complexity of things.”

Book:Vesper Flights

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“We were, each of us… at a crossroads of public and private dynamics which had brought us to this frame-worthy moment. I thought of the different currents and crosscurrents of history which had formed, merged, broken apart, and reformed to create the opportunity for us to give something essential to each other’s lives.”

Diversity Multiculturalism Antiracism Nonviolent Conflict Resolution New Year S Day Day To End Racism Democracy In Action Protests Of 2020 Americans Against Xenophobia Ending Systemic Racism

Book:Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah

Source: Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah

“Every question, every problem doesn't have a single correct answer. One must permit diversity. A monolith is unstable.”

Truth Diversity Multiplicity

Book:Children of Dune

Source: Children of Dune

“Siempre creí que la clave para encajar en el mundo era tratando de parecerme al resto de la gente, así que nunca me imaginé que encontraría mi verdadero hogar en medio de seres infinitamente distintos los unos de los otros".”

Love Family Diversity

Book:El señor del Sabbath

Source: El señor del Sabbath

“The children never troubled themselves about whether they were fixable or not, as they did not consider themselves broken in the first place. You may decide for yourself what to think about it, but it is worth remembering that often people who are told they need fixing are perfectly fine as they are. It is our own narrow notion of how things ought to be that is truly in need of repair.”

Acceptance Diversity Broken People

Book:The Long-Lost Home

Source: The Long-Lost Home

“Because so many of the poems tonight felt a little like our own stories. Like we saw and were seen. And how crazy would it be if I did that for someone else?”

Diversity Representation

Book:The Poet X

Source: The Poet X

“Everything is a product of its time, and the whole point of progress is to make the future better than the present. People make mistakes, and people grow, and culture grows along with them.”

Culture Diversity Progressive Metoo Movement

Book:The Witches Are Coming

Source: The Witches Are Coming

“America was a special country, because, despite the diversity of our racial, religious, and ethnic origins, we were all one nation, one people with a shared set of values and a common culture.”

Diversity

Book:Wait Till Next Year

Source: Wait Till Next Year

“The key word among advocates of multiculturalism became “diversity.” Sweeping claims for the benefits of demographic and cultural diversity in innumerable institutions and circumstances have prevailed without a speck of evidence being asked for or given. It is one of the purest examples of arguments without arguments, and of the force of sheer repetition, insistence and intimidation.”

Diversity Multiculturalism Leftism

Book:Intellectuals and Society

Source: Intellectuals and Society

“Diversity is one of humanity’s greatest strengths – so be yourself. Find out what makes you look and feel beautiful in your own eyes. Vigorous womanhood can look any way you want it to and can encompass whatever elevates your life and allows you to live your unique spiritual purpose.”

Purpose Spirituality Beauty Diversity Women Empowerment Originality Womanhood Femininity Purposeful Living

Author:Elizabeth Eiler

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