Here are some quotes from books by Black Authors that our community members from The Nest have shared.
Quotes From Books By Black Authors
“Sometimes, to survive, we must be made something entirely new.”
“Dreams don't change, we just pretend we don't want them anymore.”
“The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.”
“Love is a powerful thing, more powerful than blood, although both run through us like a river.”
“No cause that can't withstand justified questioning is truly worth following.”
“My favourite stories are the ones I can escape into. The ones where I can leave behind this bleak existence and be somebody else, even if just for a little while. Someone braver than me. Someone with the power to change their circumstances.”
“Some truths only tragedy can teach. The first one I learned is that when people acknowledge your pain, they want your pain to acknowledge them back. They need to witness it in real time, or else you’re not doing your part.”
“You want to know what I love about the moon?…It gives me perspective. The moon was here when Earth was still forming. She is billions of years old and still there. She can be testy sometimes, and why not? She’s been hit with blow after blow. But she still rises. Still stands strong. She’s truly beautiful, in all her phases.”
“And I think I’m most grateful for time, which doesn’t always heal all wounds, but teaches us how to be happy again even with our scars.”
“She didn't read books so she didn't know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop.”
“Fears are the things you avoid,” he explains. “Once you’ve faced them, they are just problems.”
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