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How come we have a word for a child that loses their parents but no word for a parent that loses their children?
“By the time you’re done with him, he’ll be begging for mercy. Who is he if he can’t control you? Is he even a man anymore? It will seem like a relief when you give him a hand, even if that hand is holding a blade. And when you take everything from him, you can say what these men say about us: He was asking for it. He was begging for it. He must have wanted it, since he didn’t fight back.”
― The Eyes Are the Best Part
― The Eyes Are the Best Part
“Spring is all about the joy of life. Winter is death, and right now, in this freezing January, we’re caught tight in its grip.”
― We Live Here Now
― We Live Here Now
“Because good people can turn desperate when the horrors are upon them—especially people whose culture of plenty has left them with no systems to cope with scarcity or cataclysm. Good people will turn monstrous when it’s down to their survival or someone else’s.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“Someone’s got to teach these fools: Never disrespect a Black woman.”
― Sistah Samurai
― Sistah Samurai
“no peace or gentle reconciliation”
― Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
― Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
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