Au Revoir Mes Comrades

GRatitude

"But I can't say that gratitude was my motive. I was not paying my debt. Such debts remain owing. Estraven and I had simply arrived at the point where we shared whatever we had that was worth sharing.”

the left hand of darkness

ursula k. leguinn

Empathy

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become."

the left hand of darkness

ursula k. leguinn

Diversity

"Embrace diversity. Unite, or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed by those who see you as prey. Embrace diversity or be destroyed."

parable of the talents

octavia butler