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That day more than thirty years ago, our country’s pedigree of white supremacy, slavery, segregation, and genocide had swaggered into our house of worship, and we had no idea how to handle it—because we had no power to name it.
“They didn’t want to hurt me. I am not strong. You never know how much I could suffer.”
― Love
― Love
“Honey.” She laughs. “I’m a cynic. And a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“There is no pleasure to be had in writing about trauma. It requires opening a wound, looking into the bloody gape of it, and cleaning it out, one word at a time. Only then might it be possible for that wound to heal.”
― Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language
― Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language
“Now that we’re alone together, the owl-baby gets busy-busy whispering in my ear, trying to convince me to give up. It tells me it’s prepared to use force, but would prefer my full cooperation. I pray for a miscarriage.”
― Chouette
― Chouette
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