I’m reading Chinua Achebe. I read the line, “The sounds of women wailing settled like a sediment of sorrow on the earth” and I burst into tears. Could that be the most beautiful sentence I’ve ever read? The alliterations and lilting sounds?
April 2012
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“Origins” | Tennis
“You wanna fly, you got to get rid of the shit that weighs you down.”
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Toni Morrison
I love this quote. I want to go to bed with this quote. I would tattoo this quote on my body if I weren’t worried I’d get tired of seeing the word “shit” every day. It resonates deeply.