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one could never be sure about a person’s intentions, no matter how kind that person seemed.
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“Men only have it all by being willing to take from others. To ruin lives, to oppress.”
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
“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.”
― A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel
― A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel
“Nobody who's lived an anyway decent amount of life remembers everything.”
― This Is Happiness
― This Is Happiness
“He leapt through the air balletically”
― The Nigerwife
― The Nigerwife
“Just because some Africans enslaved rival tribes before European arrival, doesn't mean all Africans enslaved. Buying/selling humans was unthinkable to peaceful tribes like our Lenape, and the San of Africa.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
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