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But I spoke my mind because my father taught me that there is power in speaking truth to power.
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“And anytime you do your best. Whatever your best is. You are a winner. You are a writer. You are telling your story. Good for all of us. You are.”
― Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems – A Tour de Force of African American Poetry and Contemporary Literature
― Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems – A Tour de Force of African American Poetry and Contemporary Literature
“We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work.”
― Grown Women
― Grown Women
“Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me.”
― Grown Women
― Grown Women
“Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them.”
― Grown Women
― Grown Women
“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing.”
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