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Naomi Wallace
Naomi Wallace

Naomi Wallace is an American playwright known for her profound social and political commentary. Her works often focus on marginalized and oppressed groups, exploring issues of race, class, and gender. more

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“I'm just not the same. Half of me is out there looking for you and the other half is wishing i didn't have to." I don't want to live - I want to love first, And live incidentally. Don't-don't ever think of the things you can't give me-You've trusted me with the dearest heart of all-and it's so damn much more than anybody else in all the world has ever had.”

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Author:Zelda Fitzgerald
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“...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”

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Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
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