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“There's nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he’s right”
― The Diviners
― The Diviners
“What a woman wears or doesn’t wear doesn’t give anyone the right to touch them. Well, you know he’s had a rough childhood. Abandoned by his mom, didn’t know his father, raised by his grandma who passed. We’ve all BEEN through a lot but that don’t give you no excuse to abuse girls.”
― Grown
― Grown
“This same politics of greed is at play when folks seek love. They often want fulfillment immediately. Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know genuine love we must invest time and commitment.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”
― My Antonia
― My Antonia
“Emigration was a peeling away of the skin. An undoing. You wake each morning and forget where you are, who you are, and when the world outside shows you your reflection, it's ugly and distorted; you've become a scorned, unwanted creature.”
― Infinite Country
― Infinite Country
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