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Acts of Forgiveness

by Maura Cheeks

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Theodore’s Quotes

“Your silence will not protect you.”
― Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

tags: protection, silence, speech

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“...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

tags: freedom

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“I was looking for the key for years
But the door was always open”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

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“who knew my haven
would be my coffin?

dead is the safest i've ever been.
i've never been so alive.”
― Danez Smith, Don't Call Us Dead

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“No, I do not weep at the world – I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, How it Feels to be Colored Me

tags: colored, racism

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