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“Son, one of the biggest lies ever told is that black men don't feel emotions. Guess it's easier not to see us as human when you think we're heartless. Fact of the matter is, we feel things. Hurt, pain, sadness, all of it. We got a right to show them feelings as much as anybody else.”
― Concrete Rose
― Concrete Rose
“A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”
― Fangirl
― Fangirl
“Memories were beastly little creatures, after all—they rose with the faintest whiff of nourishment.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“Change often starts with the smallest of whispers. Like-minded people building it up to a roar.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
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