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Jayla
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Guess that’s where the tears came from, knowing that there’s so much in this great big world that you don’t have a single ounce of control over. Guess the sooner you learn that, the sooner you’ll have one less heartbreak in your life.
“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses... swapped back and forth and over again.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“In general, I felt as if I couldn’t win, that no amount of faith or hard work would push me past my detractors and their attempts to invalidate me. I was female, black, and strong, which to certain people, maintaining a certain mind-set, translated only to “angry.” It was another damaging cliché, one that’s been forever used to sweep minority women to the perimeter of every room, an unconscious signal not to listen to what we’ve got to say.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“I've learned that it's harder to hate up close.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“It’s a curious thing to realize, the in-betweenness one feels being African American in Africa. It gave me a hard-to-explain feeling of sadness, a sense of being unrooted in both lands.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
Jayla’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jayla’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
154 books
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21 friends
111 books
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93 friends
489 books
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84 friends
116 books
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5 friends
171 books
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93 friends
176 books
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7 friends
236 books
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21 friends
548 books
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101 friends
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