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- When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
- Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
- There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. — June Jordan
- Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. — June Jordan
- To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way. — June Jordan