“They experimented on the poor and if that worked they used the treatment on the rich. And if it didn't work, there would still be more poor people left over to experiment upon.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
“This is my home, Akila says, and I know that the moment between when a black boy is upright and capable of speech and when he is prostrate in his own blood is almost imperceptible,”
― Luster
― Luster
“I am good, but not good enough, which is worse than simply being bad. It is almost. The difference between being there when it happens and stepping out just in time to see it on the news.”
― Luster
― Luster
“her eyes devoured the following words”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“The new pop song
is about getting real:
"You had a bad day."
The camera don't lie.
But they're lying
to you
about the camera.”
― Versed
is about getting real:
"You had a bad day."
The camera don't lie.
But they're lying
to you
about the camera.”
― Versed
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