“I speak my mind, because it hurts to bite my tongue”
Cornelius Keagon (1996) Liberian humanitarian aid worker
“If I tell a lie, something is left out;
If I speak out the truth, there is a blaze.
My mind fears both the alternatives,
But haltingly my tongue speaks out.
Words that come to my tongue cannot be held back.
If I were to unravel the mysteries,
All would forget to discuss and debate.
They would then kill our friend Bullah,
For only the hidden truth befits here.”
Bulleh Shah, The Love-Intoxicated Iconoclast, p. 130
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