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we write to get rid of the taste certain morsels of life leave us with.
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Zora Neale Hurston
“They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.”
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

John Steinbeck
“They said I looked like a foreign devil; they said I spoke like a foreign devil. I made mistakes in manners, and I didn't know delicacies that had grown up since my father left. They wouldn't have me. You can believe it or not - I'm less foreign here than I was in China.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“History buried becomes history repeated. A whole generation of Africans have been denied the truth of their own history, and so we do not really know ourselves, or our countries. Reclaiming those erased or hidden histories is vital political and creative work, and is central to my purpose as a writer.”
Shailja Patel, Migritude

J.K. Rowling
“I see you are —”
“Dumbledore’s man through and through,” said Harry. “That’s right.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

John Steinbeck
“When you're a child you're the center of everything. Everything happens for you. Other people? They're only ghosts furnished for you to talk to.”
John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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