

“I was writing, writing all the time, in my head, looking out at the world.”
― A Parallel Life
― A Parallel Life

“The official erasure of any existence before enslavement – as if black Americans did not exist before the yolk and the chains and whip – has always created a passion for us.
Black people need to find out. We have to find out Who We Are and Where We Come From.”
― A Parallel Life
Black people need to find out. We have to find out Who We Are and Where We Come From.”
― A Parallel Life
“But you must still know to respect other people's faith.'
'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who believe they're Christ, yet we're supposed to humour those who believe in him.'
'By definition, faith is irrational: a belief you hold against the normal rules of evidence.'
'In which case I believe in Jedi”
― The Enemy of the Good
'Why? We don't respect any other delusion. We lock up people who believe they're Christ, yet we're supposed to humour those who believe in him.'
'By definition, faith is irrational: a belief you hold against the normal rules of evidence.'
'In which case I believe in Jedi”
― The Enemy of the Good
“All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.”
― The Enemy of the Good
― The Enemy of the Good

“Through her voice I saw a free woman, down on her land, a woman who knew how to kill her own chickens, hunt her own possum, cut her own cotton, fix her own roof, make her own whiskey, walk in her own shoes, and speak her mind, tell her own story.
A black woman.
Ready for the journey.
The Journey.”
― A Parallel Life
A black woman.
Ready for the journey.
The Journey.”
― A Parallel Life

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