“I knew there was a minefield ahead of me and no way to avoid the bombs, and even if you didn’t actually step on the bombs, you were already transformed by constantly looking out for them.”
“I wonder if we're truly subverting anything, or if we're just playing with a loaded gun.”
“They say living well is the best revenge and we were already living well so we knew we'd already won.”
“There's more to blackness than bludgeoning people with memories of past atrocities and injustices or the discussion of how difficult it is to be black and deal with whites.”