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Growing up Black in the South, it’s pretty common to find yourself in old places that just… weren’t made for you. Maybe it’s a building, a historic district, or a street. Some space that was originally built for white people and white
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“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity”
― The Fire Next Time: Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections
― The Fire Next Time: Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections
“We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.”
― Succubus Blues
― Succubus Blues
“People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked.”
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
― Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
Forever Interns Reading Alliance
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(The name can be changed, haha.) Quarterly-or so book club of awesome, which is actually really an excuse to keep in touch, but also talk about books ...more
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