“Hasn’t that always been the way of it? We all choose our sins, and their measure. The ones we believe will render us unforgivable, and the ones that we will wash off with a morning prayer.”
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
― They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
“There are moments when we resort to senseless formulations and advance absurd claims to hide straightforward feelings.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“[...] the furies who indulge the happiness of today to feed the violence of tomorrow.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“I was first told that prayer was a ritual, and ritual was the reward”
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
― There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
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