“I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke.”
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“Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.”
― Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology
― Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology
“But I've swallowed my pride before, that's for sure. I'm practically lined with my mistakes on the inside like a bad-wallpapered bathroom.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
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