at the end of this nyt article on his 70th birthday and his life is an especially stirring quote from wole soyinka: "It's my duty to fight those who have chosen to belong to the party of death, those who say they receive their orders from God somewhere and believe they have a duty to set the world on fire to achieve their own salvation, whether they are in the warrens of Iraq, or in the White House," he said to me. "I prefer to be a card-carrying member of the party of life."

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rachel [ 08/06/2004 14:44]: "This music's plaint forgives, redeems The deafness of the world. Night turns Homewards, sheathed in notes of solace, pleats The broken silence of the heart." -from "In the Small Hours"