Cherese
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“everyone knows white people hate typos”
― This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories
― This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories
“Our love was a process of unlearning the bad love we'd been given.”
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
“Some things only matter when a white man does them.”
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
“When you're raising someone to survive a war that the other side invests millions convincing people it doesn't exist you raise your army to be tough. You teach them not to make a big fuss. You teach them not to feel. If you waste your time feeling you're not going to be ready and in the ring for the next blow. You're going to be crying and feeling sorry for yourself in the corner and you're not going to see them coming, because that's the lesson you never see them coming.”
― Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
― Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
“Maybe our single-minded focus on the light makes us unable to see the dark that’s all around, always.”
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
― A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
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