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Mariame Kaba contends, “hope is a discipline.”


“This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore

“the frightening truth about desire
it's on but
i don't know
whether i want
to be
her, fuck her
or borrow
her clothes.”
―
it's on but
i don't know
whether i want
to be
her, fuck her
or borrow
her clothes.”
―

“You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree.”
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―

“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.”
― The Dispossessed
― The Dispossessed
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