Time was the only variable in every equation of power and oppression--how long before the pot boiled over. - Chris Abani - Quotesmemo.com

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Chris Abani

Time was the only variable in every equation of power and oppression--how long before the pot boiled over.

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What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion.

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You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.

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What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.

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Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring. That makes the characters risky in every way and the narrative, a journey of change for the reader. But I make the journey as fun as I can.

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The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

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