“be a person with knowledge not just opinions”
― Girl, Woman, Other
― Girl, Woman, Other
“My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.”
― Mom & Me & Mom
― Mom & Me & Mom
“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
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