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Quote by Philip Berrigan

“The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.”

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Philip Berrigan was a renowned peace activist. Born on October 5, 1923, and passing away on December 6, 2002, Berrigan played a significant role in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements through nonviolent protests and direct action. more

“One of my earliest memories is of seeing my mother in her beach chair, reading a book under an umbrella by the water's edge while my sisters and I played beside her. Of all the life lessons she taught me, that is one of my favorites: to take time at a place I love, restore my spirit with books and the beach.”

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Author:Luanne Rice

“I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or less overwhelmed again and again - if not by what the books actually said, by what they suggested, what they helped me to imagine.”

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Author:Marilynne Robinson

“Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.”

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Author:Karin Slaughter

“I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come.”

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Author:John Green

“In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue.”

Virtue Psychological

Author:E. O. Wilson

“There are people you do not want to upset in the world - the politically disenfranchized who feel they have nothing to lose, those who feel that the time has come for revolution ... then out on the edges beyond any of those are science fiction fans whose favorite show has been canceled in an untimely way.”

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Author:Neil Gaiman

“Everybody who has ever read Sandman knows exactly what the Sandman looks like, which is more than anybody who has ever read The Catcher in the Rye can say about Holden Caufield.”

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Author:Neil Gaiman

“Goodnight world. While I sleep, I hope you'll all continue to do whatever it is you do. Unless you murder sleeping authors. Don't do that.”

World Sleep Murder

Author:Neil Gaiman

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