This is precisely the time when artists to to work.
There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity,
no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak,
we write [. . .] That is how civilizations heal.
~ Toni Morrison
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Quoted from Toni Morrison, "No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear" in The Nation (150th Anniversary Issue), April 6, 2015 (Online)
Toni Morrison (1931 - 2019), American Novelist, Editor; Recipient, Nobel Prize in Literature