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Fear itself was not a shameful thing. Admitting one's fear for the ears of other men dampened their courage. That was the shame.
“Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
― Peril at End House
"An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”
― Peril at End House
“The principal function of racist ideas in American history has been the suppression of resistance to racial discrimination and its resulting racial disparities. The beneficiaries of slavery, segregation, and mass incarceration have produced racist ideas of Black people being best suited for or deserving of the confines of slavery, segregation, or the jail cell. Consumers of these racist ideas have been led to believe there is something wrong with Black people, and not the policies that have enslaved, oppressed, and confined so many Black people.”
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
“I thought being a man was having control. Being the master and commander of your own destiny. How could any boy know that freedom is lost the moment you become a man. Things start to count. To press in. Constricting slowly, inevitably, creating a cage of inconveniences and duties and deadlines and failed plans and lost friends.”
― Morning Star
― Morning Star
“The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people.”
― The Alienist
― The Alienist
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