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“A secret could be born when a man witnessed a dance that the rest of the world would never see. A secret could be felt or held in a minuscule smile that was no more than a tic on an aging man’s upper lip, or a glimmer of starlight in a bastard child’s eyes.”

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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“Words. They had the strength to shut doors that would never be opened in this lifetime.”

Ayaana would learn that there seemed to be no absolutes in the world, only codes and questions and a guarantee of storms.

“Is it not magical how so full a list becomes so empty in so short a time?”

“Being human is a rare art; it is not given to all equally.”

“Music and painting bandaged soul-holes.”

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