It’s a hard habit to kick. I’ve been raised and educated to please white people and this desire to please has become ingrained into my consciousness.
“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie, "something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone - just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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