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But that’s the thing about life: both your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares can come true.
“There is almost no way to prepare for how beautiful a place becomes just before you go.”
― Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace
― Places I Stopped on the Way Home: A Memoir of Chaos and Grace
“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Herzog
― Herzog
“Funny how it works with white kids though. It’s dope to be black until it’s hard to be black.”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
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“My son loved working in the neighborhood," One-Fifteen's father claims. "He always wanted to make a difference in the lives there."
Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving.”
― The Hate U Give
Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving.”
― The Hate U Give
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