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“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
― Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work
“To return to love, to get the love we always wanted but never had, to have the love we want but are not prepared to give, we seek romantic relationships. We believe these relationships, more than any other, will rescue and redeem us. True love does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ”
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“She says the lesson to learn is that the world is round, which means that if I run too fast I might end up chasing the very homeland I am running from.”
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“To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
Samaa’s 2025 Year in Books
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