Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel.
Interpretation
Every individual has the right to see themselves as the protagonist in their life story.
This quote by William Nicholson suggests that everyone has the potential to be the main character in the narrative of their lives. It underscores the importance of self-empowerment and the belief that each person's journey is significant and worthy of recognition, encouraging individuals to embrace their unique experiences and aspirations.
In practice
To motivate students, a teacher might say, 'Remember, everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel.'
To put it another way, pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Why must it be pain? Why can't he rouse us more gently, with violins or laughter? Because the dream from which we must be wakened, is the dream that all is well.
There is, for me, as a black woman, as an African woman, a sense of possibility in America that I don't feel when I'm in Europe.
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
How extraordinary was my life an incident may illustrate... [As a youth] I was fascinated by a description of Niagara Falls. I had perused, and pictured in my imagination a big wheel run by the Falls. I told my uncle that I would go to America and carry out this scheme. Thirty years later I saw my ideas carried out at Niagara and marveled at the unfathomable mystery of the mind.
There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
I always knew the woman I wanted to be-I knew I wanted to be a woman who was independent a woman who was in the driving seat, a woman who didn't need for the man to decide.
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
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