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Greek Mythology: Gilded Pocket Edition (Arcturus Ornate Classics)

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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May 27, 2026 06:12PM

“It is a widely held belief that dark-skinned women just don't do it for a lot of Black men. It's a mentality rooted in both racism and misogyny, that you have no value as a woman if you do not turn them on, if you are not desirable to them. It's ingrained thinking, dictated by oppression.”
― Viola Davis, Finding Me

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“My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.”
― Viola Davis, Finding Me

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“They say the elder who soils the floor with shit immediately forgets, but the stench remains in the memory of the person who has to pack it. Some people are born to shit, and some, like Bolanle and me, are born to pack.”
― Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

tags: humor, reality-of-life

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“I now understand that life, and living it, is more about being present. I’m now aware that the not-so-happy memories lie in wait; but the hope and the joy also lie in wait.”
― Viola Davis, Finding Me

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“May you live long enough to know why you were born.” —CHEROKEE BIRTH BLESSING”
― Viola Davis, Finding Me

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