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An Unkindness of Ghosts

Book by Rivers Solomon · 9 quotes · Afropessimism, Science Fiction, Slavery

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“...sadness is the hardest thing to breed out of a bloodline.”

Sadness Trauma Cycles Rebirth Breeding

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“Listen, then repeat. Listen, then repeat. That was all it took to pretend well. What was a person’s self but carefully articulated mimicry?”

Self Personality Repetition Modeling Mimicry Impersonation

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“What a small thing she had asked for, to be left alone, to be allowed the solace of her own atoms. The only cocks she wanted inside her were the ones she requested, the only hands on her body the ones she begged to have touching her, the only knife in her gut the one she lodged there herself.”

Freedom Self Autonomy

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“Dear Sirs," Flick began before loudly inhaling, "On account of there being no heat down here in account of the being no electricity on account of the brand-new energy rations so thoughtfully and nobly and honorably imposed on the steerage decks by Sovereign Nicolaeus on account of the blackouts - Aster fell prey to a brief fit of hypothermia-induced delirium de spoke against you in her maddery. She's healed up now so you don't have to worry about it happening again.”

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“People were so often mean that when they weren’t, there was a tendency to bestow sainthood upon them. Aster did not reward common decency with her affection.”

Fantasy Science Fiction Lgbt Own Voices

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“You're a smart one. You know as good as me and as Flick that there is no Promised Land. Matilda's an orphan, a daughter of dead gods. But Ancestors is real and their spirits are at work. Baby sun giving out is how they making a fuss.”

Capitalism Slavery Science Fiction Scifi Spaceship Afropessimism

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“Conform or die. That was his motto. I am oddly doing bits of both, each half-assedly.”

Life Death Conforming Non Conforming

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“She's more delicate than you'd think," I say. She's glass. I'm glass. We're all glass, busted up, unrecognizable from our original selves. We walk around in fragments. It's a circus act.”

Brokenness Delicacy Fragmentation Broken Lives

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“I have done at least one good thing: become a person my father would hate.”

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