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“It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.”
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“A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level.”
― Decoded
― Decoded
“...the only thing that had tethered her to the earth had been him and it was strange, but she felt welded to him on some core level now. He had seen her at her absolute worst, at her weakest and most insane, and he hadn't looked away. He hadn't judged and he hadn't been burned.
It was as if in the heat of her meltdown they had melted together.
This was more than emotion. It was a matter of soul.”
― Lover Mine
It was as if in the heat of her meltdown they had melted together.
This was more than emotion. It was a matter of soul.”
― Lover Mine
“We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.”
― The Tea Rose
― The Tea Rose
“The art of rap is deceptive. It seems so straightforward and personal and real that people read it completely literally, as raw testimony or autobiography. And sometimes the words we use, nigga, bitch, motherfucker, and the violence of the images overwhelms some listeners. It's all white noise to them till they hear a bitch or a nigga and then they run off yelling "See!" and feel vindicated in their narrow conception of what the music is about.”
― Decoded
― Decoded
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