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This vulnerability was aggravated by Washington’s imposition of the Financial Oversight and Management Board, an unelected body pushing for the privatization of electricity and schools, increased costs of basic services, massive cuts in
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“Because all the things God isn't for me," she said, "you are. Because of you I see Him every day. So start talking lizardman, but I warn you, you've got a hard talk ahead of you if you're going to convince me there's no God after He gave you to me.”
― The Last Hour of Gann
― The Last Hour of Gann
“I don’t know humans, but I know fools. And I know the surest way to encourage fools to follow a wicked man is to tell them not to.”
― The Last Hour of Gann
― The Last Hour of Gann
“At the time when I lost control of my mind, when I had no more fight left in me, and my only hope was to die, you walked into my cell and said, Hello, Simon." He kissed the back of her hand. "I am Simon.”
― Homebound
― Homebound
“Your clay is much too frail," he went on, watching her walk clumsily to the mouth of the cave, "for the soul it must house.”
― The Last Hour of Gann
― The Last Hour of Gann
“All of this suggests that one of the best things each of us can do—not only for ourselves, but also for our children and grandchildren—is to metabolize our pain and heal our trauma. When we heal and make more room for growth in our nervous systems, we have a better chance of spreading our emotional health to our descendants, via healthy DNA expression. In contrast, when we don’t address our trauma, we may pass it on to future generations, along with some of our fear, constriction, and dirty pain.”
― My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
― My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
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