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Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Goodreads Author)

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A lone golden koi, with long whiskers that lent him a wise appearance, hovered listlessly in the tank. Vic had to look twice before her eyes could make visual sense of what was on the bottom of the tank: not a bed of rocks but a tumble of ...more

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“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”
― Angela Y. Davis

tags: racism

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“How did you get here, little girl?’ she said, in a voice that suggested gingerbread cottages and the slamming of big stove doors.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

tags: inspiration

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“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're simply unbearable.”
― Marguerite Duras, Practicalities

tags: love, men

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“A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”
― Zen Shin

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