“We have a tendency to exalt ourselves and to dwell on the weaknesses and mistakes of others. I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Political and religious leaders must attempt to provide a society within which these human attributes can be nurtured and enhanced.”
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“On New Year’s Eve the whole world celebrates the fact that a date changes. Let us celebrate the dates on which we change the world.”
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Events in the month of January for writers and readers
National Braille Literacy Month
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“You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe.”
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Events in the month of December for writers and readers
Read a New Book Month
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“The Thanksgiving tradition is, we overeat. ‘Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?’ ‘But we do that every day!’ ‘Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us.’”
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“The censorship and book-burning of unpoliced prose, the harassment and detention of painters, journalists, poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists: this is the first step of a despot whose instinctive acts of malevolence are not simply mindless or evil; they are also perceptive. Such despots know very well that their strategy of repression will allow the real tools of oppressive power to flourish.”
To all writers everywhere, don’t let any political entities stop you! Keep writing and keep fighting!
Image: Pham Doan Trang, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Awardee, by Jin Jin
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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
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Chief Writing Wolf 