Stevie, you can only become what you already are.”
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Stevie, if you’re not mixed up at sixteen, there is probably something wrong with you.”
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losing my boyfriend, but I felt relieved. I realized that I had never been in love with Sean, just impressed with him. And that was a different feeling. It hadn’t made me want to run outside and taste a snowflake
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To Be Young, Gifted, and Black Is Where It’s At!”
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“Carla, I wish it didn’t have to hurt. It’s hard to get excited over something painful.”
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I wondered what Sean would think if he knew that I daydreamed about Nurse Horn more than him—
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“If you’re black you don’t have to march to pay dues, Diane. You pay dues just by breathing.”
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“Diane, do you think you deserve a medal?”
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Mama was still ramming pink down my throat. It didn’t matter how many times I told her blue was my favorite color
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I dream about everything you said in that poem. I just could never express it like you done,” Daddy said with a faraway look in his eyes