Thursday, June 16, 2016

“But surely to tell these tall tales and others like them would be to spread the myth, the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.” -Zadie Smith (White Teeth)

“As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.” -Malidoma Patrice Somé (Of Water and the Spirit)

“When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do.” -Toni Morrison (Song of Solomon)


“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” -Maya Angelou (The Heart of a Woman)
“Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.” -Toni Morrison (Nobel lecture, 1993)
“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” -James Baldwin (No Name in the Street)

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