
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
– Nalo Hopkinson
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- Extend your commitment to your family members. Have respect for elders and be nice to them.they are your soft pillow – Kishore Bansal
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- Every artist joins a conversation that’s been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene. – John Barth
- Then how about this: Remember Austin Gollaher, because what we do matters, even if we don’t end up in history books. – Deborah Hopkinson
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- Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect. – Lundy Bancroft
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- Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature’s unpredictable creatures. – Achy Obejas
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