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The Marrow Thieves

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Until the Clock Strikes Midnight

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Black History Is Your History

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“...you can't control how people look at you, but you can control how far back you pull your shoulders and how high you lift your chin”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

tags: inspirational

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“It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.”
― Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof: With the History of the Old and New Testament Acted Thereon

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“I've had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I've learned most of them are other people's problems, not mine.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

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“A person doesn't ask permission to fall in love; not even of themselves.”
― Ann Rinaldi

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“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

tags: author, dark, freedom, light, poetry, words, writing

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