I've been reading The Source of Self-regard by Toni Morrison. By far, this is an excerpt that got me:
"That the life and work of writers facing peril must be
protected is urgent, but along with that urgency we should remind ourselves
that their absence, the choking off of a writer’s work, its cruel amputation, is
of equal peril to us. The rescue we extend to them is a generosity to ourselves."
─ Peril, Toni Morrison
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