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…When I ask myself what beauty is in my eyes, the answer is that I would prefer not to have eyes. I would prefer not to have flesh, I would prefer to be dust, free of the whole thing altogether…

— Akwaeke Emezi

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There was nothing boiling in him, just a loud and clear exhale, a weight of peace wrapping around his heart.”

The Death of Vivek Oji (2020)

Angels aren't pretty pictures in old holy books, just like monsters aren't ugly pictures. It's all just people, doing hard things or doing bad things.”

Pet (2019)

She had tried explaining it so many times, but he was hung up on the woman she used to be, and she was disappointed in the man he still was.

Little Rot (2024)

"The body can carry many truths at the same time."

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