“If one does not react to gossip, the informer hushes more quickly.”
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
― Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”
― King Lear
― King Lear
“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“In your heart, you will always be African, but in America you are a Black American. It is possible and desirable to be both.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“Alisha was now sitting in a shabby armchair with her face buried in a tissue. ‘It’s when someone is kind,’ she whispered, ‘You can keep going until someone is kind.”
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
― A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness
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