Vee

“Being a mother means being someone's God, if only briefly.”
― Kaitlyn Greenidge, Libertie

“If you get nothing else from this letter, understand that I never knew how to love. I dreamed of it, but I never experienced it. What I knew was pain. So that's what I gave you. I'd never seen a black life free from it, so my job as a father, I assumed, was to prepare your back for the load. I hope that, after you read this, you'll return my pain to me. But you might not. We get used to it, the weight of the pain, and when it threatens to go, we sometimes hold on to it for dear life. But there's no joy while it lingers near.”
― Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me

“No one should diminish themselves to prove their love.”
― Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me

“Hurt is worse than anger, you know. Anger dwells in the head, then fades. Hurt lingers in the soul. It rearranges your feelings without your permission. It blinds you.”
― Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me