

“Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: 'Is this the condition that I feared?”
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“All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.”
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You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.”
―

“I’m not real, I’m just like you. You don’t exist in this society. If you did your people wouldn’t be seeking equal rights.
You’re not real, if you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we are both myths.
I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are: myths.
I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”
― Space is the Place
You’re not real, if you were you’d have some status among the nations of the world. So we are both myths.
I do not come to you as a reality, I come to you as the myth because that is what black people are: myths.
I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”
― Space is the Place

“The biggest mistake you can make is to allow yourself to be sidetracked by people who would never be willing to stay with you during the storm they create in your life through their own selfishness.”
― What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
― What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
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