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It was time to be honest with myself. To survive all the shame this world will throw at you, you have to hold yourself tall, look your accuser straight in the eye. Even if it’s your own face looking back at you.

— Nalo Hopkinson The New Moon's Arms (2007)

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Just being Tan-Tan, sometimes good, sometimes bad, mostly just getting by like everybody else.

Midnight Robber (2000)

It is ugly in this world, and when the killing starts, the same stick will beat the black dog and the white.

The Salt Roads (2003)

She just wanted to be somewhere safe, somewhere familiar, where people looked and spoke like her and she could stand to eat the food.

Midnight Robber (2000)

I don’t pay much mind to politricks. Never met a politician who wouldn’t try to convince you that salt was sugar.

The New Moon's Arms (2007)

Lasirèn, pray you a quick death for Hopping John. Pray you no more of this life for him. Even though no gods answer black people’s prayers here in this place.

The Salt Roads (2003)

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