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“You should expect that I’m going to spoil you and take care of you and remind you every day that I may not deserve you, but I’m never letting you go.”
“Mama slept through the whole night. Maybe, as a mom, she had heavier guilt and stress about losing Meechie, and it dragged her down into a deep slumber.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“The boys who done already made a plan for they lives, they do better than the ones who get invited into somebody else’s.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“She wanted us to be tough. To stay focused. To remember, “If you want to be in a position where the government can’t uproot your life so easily, go get an education, and you’ll have more control over your situation.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“we both missed our friends and weren’t really trying to replace them only to lose the new ones too.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
“On the porch, I’d look at the beautiful skyline and the playground and people moving around, but not without that gate in my face; at Robert Taylor, we were always watching the world through those bars. Like we were in captivity and wouldn’t ever be free.”
― Last Summer on State Street
― Last Summer on State Street
Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
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