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Piranesi
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I study what has been forgotten. I divine what has disappeared utterly. I work with absences, with silences, with curious gaps between things.
“Bravery grows in your mind.
But its roots are in your heart.
Water the roots for the right reasons,
and bravery will grow.
Exactly when you need it to.”
― The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community
But its roots are in your heart.
Water the roots for the right reasons,
and bravery will grow.
Exactly when you need it to.”
― The Boldest White: A Story of Hijab and Community
“It is good to take pride in our work... But we must not allow that pride to become master of our spirits.”
― The Magic of Spider Woman
― The Magic of Spider Woman
“On top of the hill, I meet the wind. I can tell it's glad to see me.”
― A Sky That Sings
― A Sky That Sings
“Night comes early in December. But it is not a fearful darkness. The stars bathe the fields and woods in a soft blue light. Friendly laughter floating out of the Big House and down to the Quarters robs the wind of its winter sting.”
― Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
― Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
“Night comes early in December. But it is not a fearful darkness.”
― Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
― Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
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