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A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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Siwe’s Quotes

“Society is obsessed with women's bodies and I take my body back by doing whatever it is that I want to do with my body”
― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave

tags: african-feminism, african-quotes, feminism, miss-behave, nude-protests

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“It’s funny how once you like someone, even the unattractive things they do somehow become endearing.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

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“I will be stronger than my sadness.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

tags: depression, fight, life, mental-illness, sadness, struggle

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“I wonder if that's how darkness wins, by convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out.
I don't want it to win.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

tags: darkness, death, depression, life, mental-issue, metal-illness, suicide

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“Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.”
― Jasmine Warga, My Heart and Other Black Holes

tags: depression, mental-disorders, mental-illness, my-heart-and-other-black-holes, sadness

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