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Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

Zora Neale Hurston
“She didn't read books so she didn't know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.”
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston
“She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.”
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Brian Morton
“What you are is a complicated girl with simple needs. You need your books and time to read, and you need a few friends and you need someone-not to take care of you, but to care for you. If you have all those things, you'll always be alright.”
Brian Morton, Breakable You

Zora Neale Hurston
“Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.”
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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