“Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.”-Alexander Pope, English poet

“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”- James Baldwin, American novelist

“Every man is a volume if you know how to read them.”-William Ellery Channing

“Every human is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.”- William Ellery Channing, preacher

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”- Andre Lorde, American writer

“The proper study of mankind is man.”- Alexander Pope, English poet