“I think that a childhood can sometimes last a lifetime.”
― Fantastic Mr. Dahl
― Fantastic Mr. Dahl
“I wished that well-meaning white liberals would think before they said things that they thought were perfectly innocent.”
― Queenie
― Queenie
“You have always thought if you opened your mouth in open water you would drown, but if you didn't open your mouth you would suffocate. So here you are, drowning.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.”
― An Ember in the Ashes
― An Ember in the Ashes
“Being brave isn't the same as being okay," my mum said quietly.”
― Queenie
― Queenie
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
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