“...and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning: for that purpose I have often taken up a book, and have talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent.”
― The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
― The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
“Remember what you told me one time, how you felt your main job some years was to stay alive? Well, you did your job, you made it through. Not everyone does. It takes fortitude.”
― A Council of Dolls: A Novel
― A Council of Dolls: A Novel
“The dolls have spoken. They tell me they did their best to heal the ones they love. But always they failed because even the medicine of love can't change what is broken. It's up to us to transform the story we're living. Though you have powerful business here. You can make your story whatver you want.”
― A Council of Dolls: A Novel
― A Council of Dolls: A Novel
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