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Americanah
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She was taking two sides at once, to please everyone; she always chose peace over truth, was always eager to conform.
“Anchored in unknowing, I yearn to rise out of the restlessness of my own forms of helplessness inside a structure that constricts possibilities.”
― Just Us: An American Conversation
― Just Us: An American Conversation
“Turns out the sadness that silence from the person you love brings can be temporarily erased by the dull thrill of attention from strangers.”
― Queenie
― Queenie
“there should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that's already yours.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“Her kind of security, because it's not merely monetary, is atmospheric and therefore is not transferable. It's what reigns invisible behind the term "white.”
― Just Us: An American Conversation
― Just Us: An American Conversation
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