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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
“This is your land?'
'No.' The girl's tone was firm as her gaze. 'We only lived here.”
Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Mercies

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Ugwu fumbled, awkwardly, for something to say. ‘Are you still writing your book, sah?’
‘No.’
‘”The World Was Silent When We Died”. It is a good title.’
‘Yes, it is. It came from something Colonel Madu said once.’
Richard paused. ‘The war isn’t my story to tell, really.’
Ugwu nodded. He had never thought that it was.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

Richard Powers
“But the need for justice is like ownership or love. Feeding it only makes it grow.”
Richard Powers, The Overstory

Jack Vance
“Except for a few special cases, title to every parcel of real property derives from an act of violence, more or less remote, and ownership is only as valid as the strength and will required to maintain it. This is the lesson of history, whether you like it or not.”

“The mourning of defeated peoples, while pathetic and tragic, is usually futile,” said Kelse.”
Jack Vance, The Gray Prince

“You need to aim higher, dream bigger. Your children will most likely follow what you do with your life. Regardless of what it is. Teach them about equity and the power of ownership”
David Sikhosana

“Regulation is a good thing, until it cripples innovation and limits participation and inclusivity”
David Sikhosana

“Teach your children about credit, tax and investing. Be extremely truthful about how they all work”
David Sikhosana

“You need to build your own infrastructure. This is extremely difficult to do, but you have to”
David Sikhosana

“In times of great difficulty and uncertainty. Keep focused on your goals and objectives”
David Sikhosana

“Do not be a Reactionary”
David Sikhosana

“While others may believe the hope phase is gone, and the insolvency phase is upon us, I think not. Great things are yet to come”
David Sikhosana

“Precision is more important than speed”
David Sikhosana

“You need to be quick to respond and to rectify underlying problems”
David Sikhosana

Josh Steimle
“The difference between ownership and stewardship is that you can do what you want with what you own. When you become a steward, you recognize that you have just as much control as an owner, but a responsibility that’s greater than yourself.”
Josh Steimle

Toni Morrison
“Well, that's the way it was. Nobody counted on Garner dying. Nobody though he could. How 'bout that? Everything rested on Garner being alive. Without his life each of theirs fell to pieces. Now ain't that slavery or what is it?”
Toni Morrison, Beloved

“If we don't live RIGHT, then our SWEET CHILDREN will become STREET CHILDREN.”
Elkanah Ondieki

Danielle Bernock
“The Biblical seal of ownership is not one that turns us into another’s property, like human trafficking. It’s one of love and relationship. It’s better compared to a betrothal with an engagement ring.”
Danielle Bernock, Because You Matter: How to Take Ownership of Your Life So You Can Really Live

George Lamming
“Tis only right he say that every man should own his own piece o' land at some time or other. 'Tis the ambition of every man to do that same said thing, an' he say it ain't only poor, simple people like you an' me, but 'tis the way the big folks think too.”
George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin

Bruce M. Hood
“If we were content with ownership, then we would stop acquiring more stuff. But the combination of the thrill of the chase, the need for status and the crippling sense at the prospect of loss reveal that ownership is one the strongest human urges and does not easily respond to reason. Of course, most of think we are the exception, but then, that is why we are possessed.”
Bruce M. Hood, Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need

Carlos Wallace
“We need to control our stories, narratives, and truths.”
Carlos Wallace

“We do not invite God to our projects but rather we are invitees to God's projects; He actually owns the project and gives us the favor to work with Him. So we better straighten our attitude towards work and ministry, and help us sleep at night peacefully!”
Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

Lindsey Rogers Cook
“Henry Hardware would be hers the way a church belongs to the pastor's wife, which is not at all.”
Lindsey Rogers Cook, Learning to Speak Southern

“all stories have different sides and everyone has different motives. it’s only a matter of perspective”
Elieza Battad

Leonard Cohen
“Let him lie among the strings until there is no hope for his daily strategy, until he cries, I am yours, I am your creature.”
Leonard Cohen, Book of Mercy

“Why

Do we insist our lives are ours?”
Tracy K. Smith, Duende

“Accepting personal responsibility. An amazing thing happens when you bite the bullet and, for better or for worse, take personal responsibility for your behavior, attitude, and mistakes. It is so refreshing to have someone step up and flat out say, “I tried this, it didn’t work. Here is how I am going to fix it.” That is a person you know you can trust, one that you can count on to get the job done. The immediate respect you gain from your teammates when you take ownership and responsibility for errors is very powerful.”
Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Above All Else

Arthur Sze
“the world of being is like this gravel:

you think you own a car, a house,
this blue-zigzagged shirt, but you just borrow these things.

Yesterday, you constructed an aqueduct of dreams
and stood at Gibraltar,
but you possess nothing.”
Arthur Sze, Sight Lines

“People who rid themselves of much gain much. To use a common adage, less is more. People confined or hurt by things should really think about this: Being possessionless also means that when you don’t claim a single thing as your own, the whole world is yours.”
Zen Master Bopjong, The Sound of Water, the Sound of Wind: And Other Early Works by a Mountain Monk

Kellie Gerardi
“The key to a team capable of doing more with less lies in a flat organizational structure where everyone feels equal ownership of outcomes and an equal responsibility to invest in each other to reach them.”
Kellie Gerardi, Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide to Life in the Space Age