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Brother to a Dragonfly
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"Brother to a Dragonfly" is a poignant memoir that explores the deep friendship between Will D. Campbell and a troubled young man, set against the backdrop of racial and social tensions in the American South.

Quotes

The most profound human experience is not the falling in love, but the staying in love.

Will D. Campbell

lovehuman experience

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

Will D. Campbell

environmentconservation

Pain is not the worst thing in the world. Neither is poverty or suffering. No, the worst thing in the world is your own death.

Will D. Campbell

paindeath

We are all human, and every one of us has been wronged by someone or something. But it is not in the nature of a human being, as the Creator made us, to withhold love and forgiveness.

Will D. Campbell

forgivenesshuman nature

To be human is to be a mixed bag.

Will D. Campbell

human nature

The only thing we have to offer each other is love.

Will D. Campbell

lovecompassion

The dead are always with us, whether we remember them or not.

Will D. Campbell

memoryloss

There is a difference between being lonely and being alone. There is a difference between wanting to be alone and being afraid of being lonely.

Will D. Campbell

loneliness

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.

Will D. Campbell

friendship

The only way to get rid of racial prejudice is to get rid of race.

Will D. Campbell

prejudiceequality