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“You remember what I said about Seneca Village and Central Park? Think of your church, this mosque, the same way. Before our people believed in these things, there was something else. Our gods, I guess. They made us. They miss us. They have
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“Colored enslaved women are no concubines. She has no choice but to accept his rape...”
― Sister Mother Warrior
― Sister Mother Warrior
“It’s the same as Scots English,” she explained. “It’s not your tongue, it was forced on you, and like your whisky you’ve blended it into something that’s your own. Anyone who hears a Scotsman speak recognizes the sound. We’ve made this language that was imposed on us ours too. When I speak, West Africa is on my tongue, Taino is on my tongue. Castilians have their Spanish, and we have our own.”
― A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel
― A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel
“He leapt through the air balletically”
― The Nigerwife
― The Nigerwife
“Face it--the one person you never spend time with is yourself.”
― Jim Brickman -- Simple Things: Piano/Vocal/Chords
― Jim Brickman -- Simple Things: Piano/Vocal/Chords
“Men only have it all by being willing to take from others. To ruin lives, to oppress.”
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
― An Island Princess Starts a Scandal
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