“There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.”
Julius Lester“History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.”
Julius Lester“There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.”
Julius Lester, The Autobiography of God“Goodness was not a trait you acquired”
it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.