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“Black Poetry is not for Black People…it is for everybody”
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“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― The Secret of Staying in Love
― The Secret of Staying in Love
“If you’re searching for a quote that puts your feelings into words – you won’t find it.
You can learn every language and read every word ever written – but you’ll never find what’s in your heart.
How can you?
He has it.”
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You can learn every language and read every word ever written – but you’ll never find what’s in your heart.
How can you?
He has it.”
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“…the sad part is, that I will probably end up loving you without you for much longer than I loved you when I knew you.
Some people might find that strange.
But the truth of it is that the amount of love you feel for someone and the impact they have on you as a person, is in no way relative to the amount of time you have known them.”
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Some people might find that strange.
But the truth of it is that the amount of love you feel for someone and the impact they have on you as a person, is in no way relative to the amount of time you have known them.”
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“....but it cannot be a mistake to have cared...it cannot be an error to have tried....it cannot be incorrect to have loved.”
― Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
― Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
Dedra Burgess’s 2024 Year in Books
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