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“This world can erode girls, strip away their foundation of self Love. The act is gradual, can be inviting. One day, you naturally feed yourself what feels good to your soul. Another day, you find yourself as a woman so far out to sea you cannot see your soul. To be well as a woman is to choose continuous resistance to this subtle erosion. Persistent whole-keeping. Many want to break you down, fraction you up. Turn you into parts. Stay whole. Surround yourself with wholeness and whole-keepers. Make your freedom sing. You are everything.”
― Jaiya John, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love

“Love is a conscious matter growing and rising from the heart.
Its manifestation is an enlightening awareness from within the soul.
It blooms for the core of our being and cannot be materialized.
It’s a higher consciousness of realty with a deeprooted sense of beauty.”
― Joseph S. Spence Sr.

“The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit.”
― Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

“You can bargain with anybody, spirit or human. All you need to know is what do they want and what are they scared of. That's all.”
― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister