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“Heidi's role as grand master was to monitor all the women and to manage their locations and communication. Even though she’d done this many times on multiple missions, her heartbeat still pounded in her ears.”
― Trouble on Main Street
― Trouble on Main Street
“Little Engine That Could - "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.”
― The Little Engine That Could
― The Little Engine That Could
“Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling; and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved further along the island and the water lifted. Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“So the freshness lives on
in a lemon,
in the sweet-smelling house of the rind,
the proportions, arcane and acerb.”
― Odes to Common Things
in a lemon,
in the sweet-smelling house of the rind,
the proportions, arcane and acerb.”
― Odes to Common Things
“Lose the attitude, respect the man’s position and his politics, and ask how he intends to handle this matter. He may not fully understand the black experience. Maybe you can help him out. Describe the terror of that night for you and your kids. Help him understand how the officer went so terribly wrong. Make him see the world through your eyes, through Marcus’s eyes, through a black person’s eyes.”
“Do you really think that is possible, Mama?”
“It’s what I have prayed for every day since the day you were born. I prayed that things would be better for you than they ever were for me.”
“That’s not happening, Mama.”
“No, baby, it isn’t, but you have an opportunity to shine a positive light on a very negative situation, and you need to take advantage of that opportunity.”
― Betrayal In Black
“Do you really think that is possible, Mama?”
“It’s what I have prayed for every day since the day you were born. I prayed that things would be better for you than they ever were for me.”
“That’s not happening, Mama.”
“No, baby, it isn’t, but you have an opportunity to shine a positive light on a very negative situation, and you need to take advantage of that opportunity.”
― Betrayal In Black
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