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Harlem had been hit by a hurricane: It was raining cats and jazz.

— Joe Okonkwo Jazz Moon (2017)

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Kindness and talent and love ain’t the same as strength.

Jazz Moon (2017)

It’s better to die with your worst enemy in the room than to die all alone, right?

Jazz Moon (2017)

You can only know you are cared about if you are told and shown.

Jazz Moon (2017)

Forgiveness was like charity: You could dispense it, or not. And, as with charity, the one dispensing held the power.

Jazz Moon (2017)

I self-published a book of poetry back in 2002, and when I flip through the book now — there might be some flashes of good writing, but for the most part, it’s not something I’m proud of. Poetry is hard. It’s harder than fiction.

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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

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