“Cry at any given moment. Your tears are never inappropriate, never too much, never embarrassing. Though it may feel this way, you will not flood the world with your grief if you let it out. You may well drown yourself If you hold it in. - How to Say Goodbye” LossGriefSorrowBereavement Author:Dean Atta
“Men are sandcastles made out of pebbles and the bucket is patriarchy: if you remove it, we fear we won’t be able to hold ourselves together, we pour in cement to fill the gaps to make ourselves concrete constructions.” InspirationalFeminism Book:The Black Flamingo Source: The Black Flamingo
“This isn’t what I wanted for your moving daybut this is what it’s like to be black in this country or anywhere in the world. They interrupt our joy. Our history. Our progress. They know they can’t stop us unless they kill us but they can’t kill us all,so you’re living your life and suddenly interrupted by white fear or suspicion. They fear sharing anything. Our success is a threat.” RacismBlm Book:The Black Flamingo Source: The Black Flamingo
“I wish we had more classes together. Maybe we would know each other better. In drama we're always pretending to be someone else, maybe that's school in general?” Flamingo Book:The Black Flamingo Source: The Black Flamingo