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Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

by Liselle Sambury (Goodreads Author)

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A Pho Love Story

by Loan Le (Goodreads Author)

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The Berry Pickers

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“i'm only human, & inadequacy is what makes us human, & if we was perfect we wdnt have nothin to strive for, so you might as well go on & forgive me pretty baby, cause i'm sorry”
― Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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“Where there is a woman there is magic.”
― Ntozake Shange

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“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender”
― Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

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“I found God in myself and I loved her . . .
I loved her fiercely.”
― Ntozake Shange

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“i struggle so deeply
to understand
how someone can
pour their entire soul
blood and energy
into someone
without wanting
anything in
return

-i will have to wait till i'm a mother”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

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