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“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.”
― Garth Marenghi

“...the happiness is fleeting, and so we search for more while the world burns around us.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays

“A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.”
― King Baldwin IV in Kingdom of Heaven

“History, both the arm holding down the drowning body and the voice claiming the water is holy.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance