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“I worked hard at fitting in and becoming an American, but then I discovered that being an American was not enough. I had to be a Black American because that’s how Americans, especially whites, saw me.”
― Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter

tags: biographical-novel, deep, friendship, love, sadness, self-discovery, separation, traumatic-childhood, trilogy

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“Next morning, we drank endless cups of coffee in the airport restaurant…Suddenly wide-eyed, she stared past me: “Good grief, some of the people they let in here.”
― Michael Wyndham Thomas, The Erkeley Shadows

tags: beautiful, dark, family-life, fiction, friendship, loneliness, memories, reality, sadness, secrets

129 likes

“Well at least one of you present here today, has the scaly green balls to give me an honest answer,’ he said, as he broke into a hearty lizard laugh.”
― A.R. Merrydew, Inara

tags: ai, artificial-intelligence, compelling, deep, future, humanity, sci-fi, science-fiction, suspense, thriller

95 likes

“I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us bald.”
― Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis

tags: controversy, hair, hijab, islam, religion, religious-beliefs, veil, womanhood, women

99 likes

“She's just one of the plethora of women you rotate through your bed." Lily looked scared out of her mind as the queen changed direction and stalked her. "I will not allow you to besmirch the Esca name with your filthy plot to steal the prince.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

tags: adventure, drama, fiction, genetics, political, sci-fi, science-fiction, supremacist, war

494 likes

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