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“Quien nace en la miseria se convierte, por nacimiento, en candidato a todo.”
― City of God
― City of God
“Not one drop of my self-worth depends on your acceptance of me”
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“To place the responsibility for your happiness on anybody other than yourself is a recipe for misery.”
― Will
― Will
“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. "Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with." Because once the context ends, so does the friendship”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“All the other kids at school wore designer clothes and Nike and Adidas sneakers. I never wore anything designer. One time I asked my mom for some Adidas and she came home with fake Abidas ones.
“Mom, these are fake,” I said.
“I don’t see the difference.”
“Look at the logo. It has four stripes instead of three.”
“Lucky you,” she said. “You have one more.”
― Born A Crime Stories from a South African Childhood / Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
“Mom, these are fake,” I said.
“I don’t see the difference.”
“Look at the logo. It has four stripes instead of three.”
“Lucky you,” she said. “You have one more.”
― Born A Crime Stories from a South African Childhood / Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
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