"I who have gone the gamut from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new Black sunam qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of new consciousness now... I have hopes for myself."

-- Gwendolyn Brooks

#Brother Quotes #Dark Quotes #Rejection Quotes

“In finance everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is disagreeable.”
“Fight against your ego with the four swords of training: eat little, sleep little, speak little, and be patient when people harm you... Then the ego will walk the paths of obedience, like a fleeing horseman in the field of battle.”
“The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of the South and fails to exercise it?”
“THE LUXE IS . . . Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan in 1899.”
“Cerulean left. I wondered if she was from Flower Planet. Blue flowers were rare - one might take a name from that.”
“I'm not mad, though," Kat said. "You lied to me, and I lied to you. We're even." Finally he lost the grin. "When did you lie?" She gave him a Sweet'N Low smile, as if his amusement had been poured into her. "Every time we messed around. I didn't actually enjoy myself, if you know what I mean.”
“A moment was not a single moment at all, but rather an infinite number of different moments, depending on who was seeing things and how.”

Source : Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.214, Penguin
“The characters in a children's book must reach into the heart of the reader on page one. Emotional content is the main reason a child and a parent will go back to a book again and again.”

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