“If there was no such thing as 'Competition' , would there be such a thing as 'Success”

“We are one species out of a billion”

“Diversity cannot swim in a world flooding with clones.”

“The irony is that while our world might plead for change, it does its best to suppress it.”

“We live in a world where words are as meaningless as a snowflake in a blizzard”

“Are we slaves of our pasts? or can we rise above it?”

“We have got some very big problems confronting us and let us not make any mistake about it, human history in the future is fraught with tragedy ... It's only through people making a stand against t...”

“Seeds have the power to preserve species, to enhance cultural as well as genetic diversity, to counter economic monopoly and to check the advance of conformity on all its many fronts.”

“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?”

“We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules," I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.”

“In terms of sex between same-sex partners, the objection that "the parts don't fit" doesnt make sense on even the most logical level. If the parts didn't work together, frankly, people wouldn't be ...”

“It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves from our own beliefs so that we can dispassion...”

“When I walk in, they may like me or dislike me, but everybody knows I'm here”