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Most black people grow accustomed to the fact that we have to excel just to be seen as existing, and this is a lesson passed down from generation to generation. You can either be Super Negro or the forgotten Negro.
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
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“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
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“Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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Deep Writing Fellows
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The Writing Fellows are a community of writers who help kids write and share their stories with skill, confidence, and courage. But the Writing Fellow ...more
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general-purpose book group for folks who want to read some books and then talk about 'em. ...more
Ariel’s 2025 Year in Books
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