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AK Arthur is currently reading

The Manual for Good Wives

by Lola Jaye (Goodreads Author)

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AK’s Quotes

“There is really nothing more to say - except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

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“I was pirouette and flourish,
I was filigree and flame.
How could I count my blessings
when I didn't know their names?”
― Rita Dove, On the Bus With Rosa Parks

tags: blessings

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“Now I see why reading was illegal for black people during slavery. I discover that I think in words. The more words I know, the more things I can think about....Reading was illegal because if you limit someone's vocab, you limit their thoughts. They can't even think of freedom because they don't have the language to.”
― M.K. Asante, Buck: A Memoir

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