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Damned if the whole place didn't go quiet the moment we walked in, and it was the first time I realized that there was a they and an us. I felt my blackness, and that blackness wasn't supposed to be in that restaurant. It was like we'd broken a spell just by being there. Everyone stared at me and my mother. Cutting their looks. Here I was, a child, and I could pain the eyes of other people by just being. Make them angry--make them feel invaded--for doing nothing at all but breathing the same air
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― Sky Full of Elephants
― Sky Full of Elephants
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The restaurant, Bongiorno's, was bad and didn't know it. Everything was presented with a passive-aggressive flourish, as though we probably weren't savvy enough to appreciate the oregano-heavy garlic bread, the individual bowls for olive pits, the starched napkins stuffed into our wineglasses, or the waiter's strained enunciation of a long list of specials.
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― The Fortress of Solitude
― The Fortress of Solitude
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