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“You can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you”

Lies Perfect Peace Gus Peace

Book:Perfect Peace

Source: Perfect Peace

“The pain of what happened next lives in our collective memory. It mauls our souls each day. Yet it must be told. Silence guarantees no healing. It promises that the child's life would be forgotten and that its mission might, one day, be thought significant. Silence is the enemy of history, and history is all we have.”

Silence Enemy History Forgotten Significant Told

Book:The Coming

Source: The Coming

“..we all do it. We talk about people we don't like until they become famous. Then we love 'em.”

Author:Daniel Black

“Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you.”

Beauty Self Worth Pretty Perfect Peace Bartimaeus

Book:Perfect Peace

Source: Perfect Peace

“Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up.”

Book:Perfect Peace

Source: Perfect Peace

“Reconsider the capacity of our fathers’ hearts. Many of them were handed so little, yet we expected so much. They gave more than they had, but less than what we needed.”

Growth Parenting Apology Fatherhood Parents And Children Fathers Black Man

Book:Don't Cry for Me

Source: Don't Cry for Me

“Hurt is worse than anger, you know. Anger dwells in the head, then fades. Hurt lingers in the soul. It rearranges your feelings without your permission. It blinds you.”

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Book:Don't Cry for Me

Source: Don't Cry for Me