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“But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
― The Orphan Master's Son
“Running should not be hemmed in by schedules and routines. Its beauty derives from the fact that it cannot be governed by the magnetic fields of others.”
― The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run
― The Lure of Long Distances: Why We Run
“One cannot, at once, claim to be superhuman and then plead mortal error. I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“The meek shall inherit the earth” meant nothing to me. The meek were battered in West Baltimore, stomped out at Walbrook Junction, bashed up on Park Heights, and raped in the showers of the city jail. My understanding of the universe was physical, and its moral arc bent toward chaos then concluded in a box.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
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