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The Witch Who Will Be Queen (The Royal Bloodlines #1)

by Courtney Dean (Goodreads Author)

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Twisted Intentions by B.M. Hardin

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“And you called your husband his dead father’s name?” Jocelyn seemed somewhat amused.

“Willful blindness” may hinder us from discerning the critical fault lines in the narrative of our life. Our memory may obliterate then the crucial elements that are vital to really come to know ourselves. ("Non mais, t'as vu l'heure !")”
― Erik Pevernagie

tags: crucial, discerning, fault-lines, heure, know, life, memory, narrative, obliterate, willful-blindness

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“What good are those wings if you can't use them to fly?”
― Jamie A. Triplin, Malia the Merfairy and The Lucky Rainbow Cake

tags: black-girl-magic, childrens-books, diversity, end-racism, inspiration, multiculturalism, uniqueness

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“The fear of offense is a really small price to pay for freedom.”
― Andrena Sawyer

tags: black-lives-matter, church-leadership, discrimination, freedom, justice, mercy, police-brutality, racism, speak-up

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“Break your silence and the tyrants will wet themselves.”
― Abhijit Naskar, No Foreigner Only Family

tags: black-lives-matter, brainy-quotes, hate-crime, indifference, injustice, police-brutality, prejudice, systemic-racism, tyranny

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“The problem with the world today is that there are too many assholes and not enough saints.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS

tags: assholes, politicians, saints, truisms

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