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For this scribe has read a great many of these accounts and taken away another lesson: that to be a woman is to have your story misremembered.
“Any gift is beautiful because it is given”
― The Legend of the Poinsettia
― The Legend of the Poinsettia
“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
“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
“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
“She wove the red of the mesas into her blankets. She wove in the white light of morning that shone from the East, and the golden glow of twilight that shone from the West. She wove in the blue of the happy skies of the South, and the black of the clouds from the North that brought rain to the desert.”
― The Magic of Spider Woman
― The Magic of Spider Woman
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