“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
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“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
― The Black Unicorn: Poems
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
― The Black Unicorn: Poems
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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