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“I do not know if these hands will become Malcolm’s—raised and fisted or Martin’s—open and asking or James’s—curled around a pen. I do not know if these hands will be Rosa’s or Ruby’s gently gloved and fiercely folded calmly in a lap, on a desk, around a book, ready to change the world . . .”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
― Brown Girl Dreaming
“Then I let the stories live
inside my head, again and again
until the real world fades back
into cricket lullabies
and my own dreams.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
inside my head, again and again
until the real world fades back
into cricket lullabies
and my own dreams.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
“The empty swing set reminds us of this--
that bad won't be bad forever,
and what is good can sometimes last
a long, long time.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
that bad won't be bad forever,
and what is good can sometimes last
a long, long time.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
“Sometimes, I don't know that words for things,
how to write down the feeling of knowing
that every dying person leaves something behind.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
how to write down the feeling of knowing
that every dying person leaves something behind.”
― Brown Girl Dreaming
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