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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

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I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
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If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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