“All these words that other people use to label us, to decide who we are, who we gon’ be.”
― What the Fireflies Knew
― What the Fireflies Knew
“He's here, sunshine probably blistering the back of his neck, staring at me, hoping for anything different than what I've always given him. He doesn't deserve fractions and that's all I got, all I'm willing to give.”
― Nightcrawling
― Nightcrawling
“Our children don’t have to make the same mistakes we did.” Granddaddy speaks, calm. “Let ’em decide who to be for themselves.”
― What the Fireflies Knew
― What the Fireflies Knew
“You fightin’ for ya life. Like I always told you, you use your heart to love but you use your head to fight.”
― All Her Little Secrets
― All Her Little Secrets
“She was so tired of him thinking he knew better than her because he had been gifted with a penis. She was so tired of him thinking he knew better than her because he was white.”
― Dead Dead Girls
― Dead Dead Girls
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