Rave Quotes

“When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But the drugs, well, that was a different story altogether, because drugs are every bit as illegal in New Orleans as anywhere else--at least, if you're black and poor, and have the misfortune of doing your drugs somewhere other than the dorms at Tulane University. But if you are lucky enough to be living at Tulane, which is a pretty white place, especially contrasted with the city where it's located, which is 65 percent black, then you are absolutely set.”
― Tim Wise, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

“How do you hate someone who pulled you from the brink of death, not once, but twice?”
― A.G. Howard, RoseBlood

“in this raging, poisoned sea at night,
it is just me
and death”
― Elizabeth Train-Brown, Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman

“i can feel blood in my nose in my eyes
taste it finally on my tongue
and i chase it, coat my teeth in molly
eat through the ceiling stir the clouds
in my throat”
― Elizabeth Train-Brown, Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman