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Ambrose Bierce
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.”
Ambrose Bierce

Attica Locke
“Keep your head down, speak only when spoken to. A warning drilled into him every day of his life growing up in Nigton, Texas, née Nig Town, née Nigger Town (its true birth name when it sprang up a hundred years ago in the piney woods of East Texas).”
Attica Locke, Black Water Rising

“It is better to have a world united than a world divided; but it is also better to have a world divided than a world destroyed.”
James C. Humes, The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

Attica Locke
“for every story about a black mother, sister, or wife crying over a man who was locked up for something he didn’t do, there was a black mother, sister, wife, husband, father, or brother crying over the murder of a loved one for which no one was locked up. For black folks, injustice came from both sides of the law, a double-edged sword of heartache and pain.”
Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird

19126 The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — 32659 members — last activity 20 minutes ago
“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
84674 Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers — 26919 members — last activity 20 minutes ago
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