Toni Morrison Quotes

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Books are a form of political action.  Books are knowledge.  Books are reflection.  Books change your mind.

Let your face speak what’s in your heart.

Ohio-born Toni Morrison (1931-2019) experienced the ultimate tributes given any novelist when she received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her ground-breaking novel BELOVED and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.  Her many awards and published works were a testament to her gifts as a writer.

Jim Valvano Quotes

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Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.  That’s a heck of a day.  You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.

Jim Valvano (1946-1993) was an American college basketball coach.  Born in Queens, New York, he brought his indefatigable spirit wherever he went.  

Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

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Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed.

Do not apologize for crying.  Without this emotion, we are only robots.

Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969) is an American journalist and author.

Judith Wright Quotes

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Feelings and Emotions are the universal language and are to be honored.  They are the authentic expression of who you are in your deepest place.

When we are most, then we are least alone; for are these faces not identical?

Judith Wright (1915-2000) was a renowned poet, environmentalist, and champion of aboriginal rights in Australia.  She was the 1998 recipient of the Australian National Living Treasure Award.