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“We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.”
― How Should a Person Be?
― How Should a Person Be?
“boundaries, Sheila. Barriers. We need them. They let you love someone. Otherwise you might kill them.”
― How Should a Person Be?
― How Should a Person Be?
“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
― Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
― Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life
“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
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“The greater your cross the greater your crown.”
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