[W]hatever you are is never enough; you must find a way to accept something, however small, from the other to… — Chinua Achebe
[W]hatever you are is never enough; you must find a way to accept something, however small, from the other to make you whole and to save you from the mortal sin of righteousness and extremism. (p. 154)
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