“Something about how to let folks rest in peace, especially when their peace is different from mine. Louder than mine.”
― Black Boy Out of Time
― Black Boy Out of Time
“I had to unlearn the most important lesson I had learned as a child, the most important rule of survival—to be quiet.”
― In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
― In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
“You will learn that privilege is basically the idea that something isn’t a damn problem because it doesn’t affect you personally.”
― Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror
― Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror
“It’s not heart-stopping or intense or bloodcurdling or graphic or violent. No jump scares. To me, these qualities aren’t usually scary. Something that disorients, that unsettles what’s taken for granted, something that disturbs and disrupts reality—that’s scary.”
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
― I'm Thinking of Ending Things
“We forget how dangerous nature can be. We want to forget, I think. We don’t want to be reminded that nature is more deadly than man. Man can be cruel, but nature is indifferent. It is the unrivaled psychopath.”
― True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
― True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
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