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You people who have survived childhood don't remeber any longer what it was like. You think children are whole, uncomplicated creatures, and if you sp...more

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I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.

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Primarily, 'Black Girl/White Girl' is the story of two very different, yet somehow 'fated' girls; for Genna, her 'friendship' with Minette is the most...more

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This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.

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The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.