In the Company of Cards

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on and he'll empty his pockets for you."

"....the darkness also contains truths that could bring the light to its knees." Andrea Gibson

"Be intentional about your rest; reclaim and ritualize it." Anonymous

"America never was America to me." Langston Hughes

"We carry the weight of the world while trying to make it better. And somehow, we still show up with grace and gold in our spirits." Brianna Laren

"We are descendants of people who made a way out of no way." Ralph Ellison

"If I didn't define myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." Audre Lorde

"In America, Negroes do not have to be told what fascism is in action. We know it." Langston Hughes

"You are your best thing." Toni Morrison

"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." Audre Lorde

"The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to aproach it." Noam Chomsky

"We are the ink. We are the authors. We are the margins." Brianna Laren