Maailah Blackwood

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“We did not have books on Emerson. That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the truth better, and thus find those lost selves.”
― Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

“June Dey remembered the stories Darlene once told him of the boy who killed the giants, defeated lions for their people; the story of his namesake, who led slaves through water with mere words; the story of the man who found himself in the stomach of the beast, and still survived and fulfilled his destiny; the story of Dey, who game and went from Emerson without every saying a word, but left his legacy on their lips - the possibility of rebellion and true freedom in all their hearts. All were men. All were powerless but died with raised fists.”
― Wayétu Moore, She Would Be King

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial