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“(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.”
― Disgrace
― Disgrace
“one thing I don’t need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
“Collective madness is called sanity ..”
― Veronika Decides to Die
― Veronika Decides to Die
“...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.”
― The Color Purple
― The Color Purple
“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender”
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
― For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
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