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When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

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Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult.

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The more I wonder, the more I love.

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You know, one race will not be a survivor if the other one dies, and that's something that we should think about.

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When you are active, and you must know this so well, that the more you are active, the more you see, the more you go to see. You know, you are curious. One thing leads to another thing, and it gets deeper and deeper, too. And there's no end to it.

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To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.

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I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing.

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Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

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The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is ... forgetfulness.

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I'm the kind of woman that likes to enjoy herselves in peace.

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I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.

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Helped are those too busy living to respond when they are wrongfully attacked: on their walks they shall find mysteries so intriguing as to distract them from every blow.

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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people.

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I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi.

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I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

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Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had.

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We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.

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I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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