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It was like he dipped his hand past the buttons of my shirt and snatched out my heart. He never did give it back either.
“Taking off the wig in HTGAWM was my duty to honor Black women by not showing an image that is palatable to the oppressor, to people who have tarnished, punished the image of Black womanhood for so long. It said all of who we are is beautiful. Even our imperfections.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“Inevitably, with memory comes pain.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“It’s futile to ask why. Instead ask yourself, ‘What did I learn from this?’” What have I learned from all of it? There is absolutely no way whatsoever to get through this life without scars.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“Maybe the way back will somehow make sense of the coming.”
― Foster
― Foster
“Where there’s a secret,’ she says, ‘there’s shame – and shame is something we can do without.”
― Foster
― Foster
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