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“It hurts too much to break your own heart out of stupidity, to leave a door unlocked or a child untended and return to discover that whatever you value most has disappeared. No. You want to be intentional about the destruction. Be a witness. You want to watch how your life will shatter.”
― Disappearing Earth
― Disappearing Earth
“Everyone looked better at a distance. Everyone sounded sweetest when you did not have to hear them talk too long.”
― Disappearing Earth
― Disappearing Earth
“le racisme est une maladie. Un vice. Une maladie honteuse. Qui se développe parfois dans le silence des maisons. On murmure puis on ferme les fenêtres. On crie pendant les repas de famille. Haïr l'autre, c'est l'imaginer contre soi. C'est se sentir possédé. Volé. Pénétré. Le racisme est un fantasme. C'est imaginer l'odeur de sa peau, la tension de son corps, la force de son sexe. Le racisme est une maladie. Une lèpre. Une nécrose.”
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“Failure is never getting hurt. Because that means you've not done anything you cared about.”
― How Hard Can Love Be?
― How Hard Can Love Be?
“There is always another side, always.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea
― Wide Sargasso Sea
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