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There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
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“You are beautiful because you’re funny. You are alive because you’re a question.”
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“I am a dreamer with empty hands and I like the chill.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
“What kind of bodies are movable and feasts. What color are visions.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
“So what if I have more regrets Than birthdays I am old”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
“All my friends are changing religions and getting laid. I have been too patient.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
“We Don’t Know When We Were Opened (Or, The Origin of the Universe)”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce
“Things don’t fall apart they find new homes.”
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“13 Ways of Looking at a Black Girl”
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“Once I was a different kind of person”
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“There are more beautiful things than Beyoncé: Lavender, education, becoming other people, The fucking sky”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“There are more beautiful things than Beyoncé: self-awareness, Leftover mascara in clumps, recognizing a pattern This is for all the grown women out there Whose countries hate them and their brothers”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“She says peace is something people tell themselves”
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“Eyes are the window to storm”
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“Will I accidentally live forever And be sentenced to smile at men”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“The Gospel According to Her What to a slave is the fourth of july. What to a woman is a vote. What to a slave is river water. What to a slave is an award show. What to a slave is fine china. What to a woman is a canopy bed. What to a slave is the hard sky. What to a woman is please. What to a woman is the bottom of a glass. What to a slave are flatlands from an aircraft. What to a woman is permission. What to a woman is the milky way. What to a slave is a square technically it’s perfect.”
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“I am a tiny robot like them but there is no one to love my robo-heart.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“Nothing aches in here It’s a quiet, calculated shame”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“Stepping on leaves I get first-night thrill. Confuse the meanings of castle and slum, exotic and erotic. I bless the dark, tuck myself into a canyon of steel. I breathe dried honeysuckle and hope. I live somewhere imaginary.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“When I drink anything out of a martini glass I feel untouched by professional and sexual rejection. I am a dreamer with empty hands and I like the chill.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
“I am here to show you who you are, to cradle your large skulls and remind you you are perfect. Mother America, unleash your sons. Everything beautiful, you own.”
Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé