Lois

“To overcome the need to be productive, as a lot of productivity is destructive.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“It’s the same as Scots English,” she explained. “It’s not your tongue, it was forced on you, and like your whisky you’ve blended it into something that’s your own. Anyone who hears a Scotsman speak recognizes the sound. We’ve made this language that was imposed on us ours too. When I speak, West Africa is on my tongue, Taino is on my tongue. Castilians have their Spanish, and we have our own.”
― Adriana Herrera, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel

“Face it--the one person you never spend time with is yourself.”
― Jim Brickman, Jim Brickman -- Simple Things: Piano/Vocal/Chords

“Colored enslaved women are no concubines. She has no choice but to accept his rape...”
― Vanessa Riley, Sister Mother Warrior