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"So brilliant, so well-written, so hilariously fantastic...so loooong. And so far, for me, not in the fun way. Hope I finish it by morning." — Jul 12, 2014 07:38PM
"So brilliant, so well-written, so hilariously fantastic...so loooong. And so far, for me, not in the fun way. Hope I finish it by morning." — Jul 12, 2014 07:38PM
“So go ahead. Do it—open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face, your eyes, your lips. I know the sufferdust on your brow. I can see you reading and I can tell, too, when you are here, when you’re absent, what you’ve read and how it affects you. There is no more hiding. I see your chords—your fractures, your cold gifts, where and when you’ve hurt people and why. It’s all right there—your stories are written right there on your face!”
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“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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“Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.”
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“No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.”
― The Autobiography of My Mother
― The Autobiography of My Mother
“This Vietnam adventure on the part of the fascist has vastly changed the whole relationship between the masses and the ruling class. Can you detect the subtle changes? The really ugly side of imperialism is being demonstrated for not just the people who suffer its effects abroad, but also to the sleepy little guy here inside the U.S. They're starting now to make the link between foreign wars and foreign businesses.”
― Blood in My Eye
― Blood in My Eye
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