“Two faults. My race and my gender. But they are not faults. They are strength. And I am more than this man can comprehend.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
“From buried lives to beaten ones. From blood stolen to blood hidden. I map this terrain's sins, the invisible, and the many, and hold them close. Because even if the pain of those sins takes my breath away, the pain feels like belonging. And ignoring it, after all I've just witnessed, would be loss.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
“Everything has two histories. Especially in the South.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
“Growing up Black in the South, it’s pretty common to find yourself in old places that just… weren’t made for you. Maybe it’s a building, a historic district, or a street. Some space that was originally built for white people and white people only, and you just have to hold that knowledge while going about your business.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
“one thing she’s learnt is that falling hopelessly, helplessly in love is actually a highly selective process”
― Girl, Woman, Other
― Girl, Woman, Other
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