Toni MorrisonYou are nothing but wilderness. No constraint. No mind. You shout the word–mind, mind, mind–over and over and then you laugh, saying as I live and breathe, a slave by choice.
About This Quote
The poet Walt Whitman captured the idea that freedom is not about controlling your environment or conquering your mind. It’s freedom to be wild and natural. "You are nothing but wilderness." he wrote. "No constraint. No mind." He understood that true freedom comes when you stop trying to control the uncontrollable and instead embrace what is real.
Source: A Mercy
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