“It is a mere exchange of calendars. If you are not new, It is not new.”
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“White anger is something else. It can spit on a kid and appear victim enough to have someone else thrown off the bus. White rage, like all rage born not in defense of dignity but in defense of oppressive power, is manipulative. It is one of many examples of the difference between anger that dominates and anger that liberates […] Anger that dominates relies on fear tactics and abuse to live. It makes no demand of the world except that it bow. This is often because it fears being ruled or overpowered itself. This is no excuse. Holy anger is that which liberates. It marches, chants, and flips tables, demanding wrong be called by its rightful name. It is both passion and calculation, longing for more but for the sake of justice and dignity.”
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
― This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
“I've completed another year of delights. Or maybe I should say another year of delights has completed me.”
― The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
― The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
“Sometimes, perfect moments feel empty — too smooth to hold joy. But the little stumbles, the unexpected errors, that’s where the fun sneaks in and makes the memory worth keeping.”
― Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
― Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
“There is no greater remedy for the heart, nor sweeter comedy for the soul, than the company of an old friend.”
― Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
― Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
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