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Mary’s skin was a cloak of acceptability, and Hazel used it to open the front doors of every space where Negro children weren’t allowed.
Kitty simply didn’t have much admiration for the human race, and with the exception of a handful of people, she wanted to be left alone to create the characters that continued to add to her assets.
Children know when they aren’t wanted, and you’ll have hell to pay in its upbringing.”
“I’ll do what’s best for my family. That’s what I’ve always done.”
was the only one who had ever been free: a White, rich man, he owned everything, just as he’d said. He could go anywhere without restrictions.
“But it wasn’t acting Kitty cared about. She only cared because of who she really was and what it meant. What it would mean, right now, for people to know the truth. It wasn’t about winning.”
“That’s the thing about lies; you have to keep them alive.”
“But Kitty wanted to die a legend. And she deserves that. She pulled off one of the greatest tricks in history, and saying it, however dangerous, not only honors her, it honors the struggle and makes it damned hard to ignore.”