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“My body might be a slave, but not my mind. For you, it's the other way round.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.”
― Manuscript Found in Accra
― Manuscript Found in Accra
“you got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
“There was a time in Africa the people could fly. Mauma told me this one night when I was ten years old. She said, “Handful, your granny-mauma saw it for herself. She say they flew over trees and clouds. She say they flew like blackbirds. When we came here, we left that magic behind.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
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