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Sleep deprivation is a public health issue and a spiritual issue. It is a spiritual issue for a few reasons. We have been trained to believe that everything we accomplish is because of our own pushing alone. This is false because there is a
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“If there’s no one else to tell another side - the only story that can be told is the story that becomes true. (p. 173)”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison.”
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“may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back”
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the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back”
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“I think of how Grandma makes fun of love. And maybe that’s the key.”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity.”
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Nakia’s 2024 Year in Books
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