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"The pain, beauty and distress of seeing someone else give words to my own heart, my own heartbreak, my own grief, is astonishing." — Nov 16, 2025 01:43PM
"The pain, beauty and distress of seeing someone else give words to my own heart, my own heartbreak, my own grief, is astonishing." — Nov 16, 2025 01:43PM
In the essay “What I Believe,” he said: I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I would have the guts to betray my country. Such a choice may scandalize the modern
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“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
“Smart is only a construct of correspondence, between one’s abilities, one’s environment, and one’s moment in history.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
― Thick: And Other Essays
“Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.”
― Jazz
― Jazz
“Being too much of one thing and not enough of another had been a recurring theme in my life. I was, like many young women, expected to be small so that boys could expand and white girls could shine.
When I would not shrink, people made sure that I knew I had erred.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
When I would not shrink, people made sure that I knew I had erred.”
― Thick: And Other Essays
“As if you were on fire from within.
The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
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The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
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