“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them,”
― James
― James
“But I will not let this condition define me. I will not let myself, my mind, drown in fear and outrage. I will be outraged as a matter of course.”
― James
― James
“If enough of them kill you, they’re innocent.”
― James
― James
“if enough people do it, it’s not a crime.”
― James
― James
“America has a way of dancing with its own delusion.”
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
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