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Becky Rice
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They couldn’t look at each other when they were laughing, they had to look into corners of the room, or at their feet.
“There must be satisfaction gained in accurately naming the thing that torments you.”
― Women Talking
― Women Talking
“To yell “black-on-black crime” is to shoot a man and then shame him for bleeding.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“The limitless wrath of Achilles can end only once he recognizes that no absolute, permanent victory is ever possible. Everyone must bear unbearable losses, for which no compensation could ever be enough. In the end, we all lose. Our best hope is to accept partial, temporary limits on conflict, accepting human companionship and community as our only, always inadequate compensation, for the pervasive experience of loss.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“When Salma peers into her daughter’s coffee cup, she knows instantly she must lie.”
― Salt Houses
― Salt Houses
“... the twin pillars that guard the entrance to the shrine of religion are storytelling and cruelty.”
― Women Talking
― Women Talking
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