“There are three kinds of oyster-eaters: those loose-minded sports who will eat anything, hot, cold, thin, thick, dead or alive, as long as it is oyster, those who will eat them raw and only raw; and those who with equal severity will eat them cooked and no way other.
The first group may perhaps have the most fun, although there is a white fire about the others' bigotry that can never warm the broad-minded.”
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The first group may perhaps have the most fun, although there is a white fire about the others' bigotry that can never warm the broad-minded.”
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“The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 3: 1939-1944
“I’m not real, I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. If you did your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights.
You’re not real, if you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we are both myths.
I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are: myths.
I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”
― Space is the Place
You’re not real, if you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we are both myths.
I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are: myths.
I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”
― Space is the Place
“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.”
― Song of Solomon
― Song of Solomon
History is Not Boring
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