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Alysia
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“I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me.”
― The Price of Salt
― The Price of Salt
“I had to believe I was immune to the emotional and mental blows of my life thus far. I had to believe that I was above it. If I didn’t, how could I win?”
― Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling
― Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling
“Girls, New Girl, 2 Broke Girls. What do they all have in common? The universal gender classification, “girl,” is white. In all three of these successful series, a default girl (or two) is implied and she is white. That is the norm and that is what is acceptable. Anything else is niche.”
― The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
― The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
“And that’s something I’ve learned in the years since, that there are so many different types of love, so many ways someone can stay committed to you, stay in your life even if y’all aren’t together, you know? And none of these ways are more important than the other.”
― You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty
― You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty
“When something says, “It’s not right. It’s not what it looks like.” That’s the spirit of truth revealing things. God will always give you a warning before you make a mistake. He’ll speak to your spirit.”
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