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“We lived a dot-to-dot life, never thinking too much about the future.”

Poverty Future Day To Day

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“After you’ve worked in a hotel, there’s nothing about human nature you don’t know.”

Human Nature Hotels Maid

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“To have a man kiss you in a women’s jail is a gift better than any birthday or Christmas present. It’s better than a bouquet of roses. It’s better than a warm shower. I could imagine living in this jail for years and living for every workshop day and that male kiss on my cheek. That kiss was rain, sunshine, and the sweet air of outside. Yes. I knew I’d even sit there and glue stupid things onto cardboard sheets just to get that kiss again.”

Prison Kiss Jail Mexico

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“This is why I paint," he says. "To get black men into museums.”

Art Artist Museums Black Men

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“Jean loved silent movies becaues they were like cartoons. I think that he felt that even in life we should be walking around with a word-blloon above our heads -- you can see this in his art. He always kept watch for any black characters but, or course, they only appeared as servants, if at all.”

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“I loved to spoil him and he always appreciated expensive things, as if consuming them would make him valuable. ... He said that he was making tons of money now. Jean drew himself up straight and said, "I am famous just like I told you I would.”

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“Jean-Michel is full of fears, especially when he is all coked up. He is afraid that he will be a flash in the pan. He is afraid that the KKK is going to kill him because he is getting so famous and he is black. He installs an elaborate alarm system in the loft. He thinks the CIA is going to murder him.”

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“Jean told me that Madonna had been there to visit him the week before I came. Madonna, he said, had asked him to take her on a shopping spree. He asked me why I never asked him to do this and I answered that it never occurred to me to ask him for such a thing. Then I said, "Will you take me on a shopping spree?" And he said, "No, I'm completely broke from Madonna's shopping spree.”

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“At night Suzanne lies in her bed listening to her father play trictrac with his friends who have also come to Canada as Palestinian refugees. Sometimes, she sneaks down, watches them, and her father pulls her out of the shadows.”

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Book:Widow Basquiat: A Love Story

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“Vad är det du försöker säga mamma?" sa jag. "Var tydlig." Mamma kastade huvudet bakåt och himlade med ögonen. "Ja, ja, ja. En del dagar drog jag loss, med tänderna, jag drog loss huden på sidan av naglarna och gav dig att äta". "Säger du det här på riktigt nu?" "Du hade inte ens fyllt ett. Jag blandade det med riset. Vad ville du att jag skulle göra? Det finns kvinnor som skär loss stora hudsjok från sina kroppar för att mata barnen med. Det har jag hört på tv." "Herregud mamma", sa jag. "Vad är det för skillnad på det och modersmjölk? Berätta det för mig.”

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