"If I see someone I see the ghost of them, the air around them, and where theyâ€™ve been. If I see a city I see itâ€™s living ghostlinessâ€”the stray looks, the dying hands. I see itâ€™s needs and its discomforts locked in apartments."

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Source : Dionne Brand (2012). “A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging”, p.122, Vintage Canada

Dionne Brand

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“I love a good argument and sometimes I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut if I think someone is wrong... I've always fought for what I believe in, and I don't quit until I have accomplished what I set out to do.”
“For years now, people have mentioned my mustache and get disappointed that when they see me live I don't have a mustache.”

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“The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!”
“UNDER THE STORM AND THE CLOUD TODAY, AND TODAY THE HARD PERIL AND PAIN - TOMORROW THE STONE WILL BE ROLLED AWAY, FOR THE SUNSHINE SHALL FOLLOW THE RAIN”
“Itâ€™s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it.”
“That wasn't an ending. It was just a stopping point.”
“The thing that was most interesting to me was getting my first prints back from the printer and realizing photography doesn't end with the click of a button, it starts there. Printing is so exciting.”

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