“the greatest Americans
have not been born yet
they are waiting patiently
for the past to die”
Saul Williams (1972) American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor
“It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
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