The mountain of despair has dwindled, and the stone of hope has size and shape, and can be fondled by the eyes and by the hand. But freedom has always been an elusive tease, and in the very act of grabbing for it one can become shackled.

Alice Walker
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The mountain of despair has dwindled, and the stone of hope has size and shape, and can be fondled by the eyes and by the hand. To paraphrase a line from a poem written by a man who was a master of the English language: “The mountain of despair has dwindled, and the stone of hope has size and shape, and can be fondled by the eyes and by the hand.”

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