Crystal Evans
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Tall Dark and Bad
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Tall Dark and Bad II
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Every Man Deserves A Good Jacket
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The Fairy Tale Complex
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The Bunna Man: Joe Grind Series
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Yakima
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The Husband Shop
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Ghetto Slam
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Mama Brown's Family: True Jamaican Story
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His Property
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“Him: Sound like you monkey branch a lot
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“Wanting is free, if cost the wanter absolutely nothing to want things… ☺️
To a giver nothing is free… Wanting is free, giving normally has a cost associated with it. Giving is costly. Don’t be fooled. It’s a low cost, low resource strategy is want a lot of things ” Crystal Evans |
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“And the characters in my book are composites. People, real, that I've borrowed their mannerisms, thoughts, narrations, and stories to add to my ever-growing list of characters. I am observant, And this cultivated trait has been my shortcut to distinction. And my stories carry vignettes that feel vivid, a street corner, a veranda conversation. Linked stories of a strong, observant, and slightly weary narrator.
I am a signal in the noise.” ...more Crystal Evans |
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Philosophy of Crystal Evans“I don’t get it!” I cried.
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“I don’t get it!” I cried.
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My works are self portraitures, consumed with questions about how identity changes over time, how selves die and are replaced, and how the mask we con
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“I am a diamond in the rut. A diamond to an untrained eye looks like a rock stone. So men will kick it around on the ground. It takes a man with an expert eye for fine Jewelry to notice its worth. Do not feel bad when men treat you like the little boys in Africa who gave away stones in exchange for candy. The hungry boys thought they were getting something better but had exchange wealth for a sugar high. Some men will do that. Exchange a valuable woman for the transient high of another. The boys didn't know better and so do some of these men. They don't know your worth.”
― Ten Things Your Mother Should Have Told You about Dating
― Ten Things Your Mother Should Have Told You about Dating
“Life is not profound without its own tragedy. It humbles us. Sets the bar for our introspection. Keeps us from believing we are gods. Puts our egos in check.”
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“A lot of elders complain that they do not know what is wrong with today's black generation. I beg to ask them what was wrong with theirs? Children don't become what you want, they become who you are. Our elders should reflect upon what went wrong during the era when today's young adults were children. Maybe just maybe they might find the answers to the problems of this "generation". They are equally responsible for this "money over everything mindset that breeds the young people they condemn.They raised a world of children who know the price of everything but the value of nothing. A money grabbing, instant gratification over profundity seeking and "step pon them" culture of people.”
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
“Those who are coming from the gutters know that from time to time a piece of us will break off and float back to the floor from whence it came. Wealth can gray your eyes at the edges, money does not make you hover above human qualities, you are only a flawed being with much material gain.”
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“I tell my christian relatives that "churchianity" is the central reason the church is not teeming with young people. The hypocrisy within the church is not concealed from this growing, informed generation. The arrogance among church goers is unnerving, Jesus was such a humble individual to begin with, he did not discriminate.”
― Mama Brown's Family
― Mama Brown's Family
“Strangers are quick to help you because they don't have any grudges or vices to fall back on.”
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
“Weirdest things in life are how people always create lofty ideals for you yet set average standards for themselves. People have always judged me above standard because of my brilliance not understanding that I came from unborn opportunities like them and was never in my estimation given any special tools for them to expect more from me than they expect from themselves. In hindsight people only place you on a pedestal so they can in the end tear you down.
We spend our entire lives judging ourselves against others. If we measure people and they fall short we believe we are license to
Insult them and tear them down. If they buoy on a float of accomplishments, we begin to feel small within ourselves and murmur about our own inadequacies.”
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We spend our entire lives judging ourselves against others. If we measure people and they fall short we believe we are license to
Insult them and tear them down. If they buoy on a float of accomplishments, we begin to feel small within ourselves and murmur about our own inadequacies.”
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“When you are a success, your old friends will boast of your accomplishments and your new friends will celebrate your achievements. Your old friends will say " i knew you when you were.." Don't worry about them, their story ends there.”
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