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one could never be sure about a person’s intentions, no matter how kind that person seemed.
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“I make her leave on her stockings and high heels. I am a freak. I cannot bear the human being in present state, I must be fooled. the psychiatrists must have a word for it, and I have a word for the psychiatrists.”
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
― Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“Just because some Africans enslaved rival tribes before European arrival, doesn't mean all Africans enslaved. Buying/selling humans was unthinkable to peaceful tribes like our Lenape, and the San of Africa.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“He leapt through the air balletically”
― The Nigerwife
― The Nigerwife
“Colored enslaved women are no concubines. She has no choice but to accept his rape...”
― Sister Mother Warrior
― Sister Mother Warrior
“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
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