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Ramona thought a moment, and suddenly, filled with inspiration, she went to work. She knew exactly what she wanted to do and set about doing it. She worked with paper, crayons, Scotch tape, and rubber bands. She worked so hard and with such
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“And still I urge you to struggle. Struggle for the memory of your ancestors. Struggle for wisdom. Struggle for the warmth of The Mecca. Struggle for your grandmother and grandfather, for your name. But do not struggle for the Dreamers. Hope for them. Pray for them, if you are so moved. But do not pin your struggle on their conversion. The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“It's so much easier to accept your feminine role in this world if you don't struggle.”
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
“Remember, the center of a woman is her uterus. Her crazy, crazy uterus.”
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
― Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
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