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1 " ..we all do it. We talk about people we don't like until they become famous. Then we love 'em. "
― Daniel Black
2 " Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you. "
― Daniel Black , Perfect Peace
3 " The pain of what happened next lives in our collective memory. It mauls our souls each day. Yet it must be told. Silence guarantees no healing. It promises that the child's life would be forgotten and that its mission might, one day, be thought significant. Silence is the enemy of history, and history is all we have. "
― Daniel Black , The Coming
4 " The power of speech does not rely upon meaning. Words carry energy all by themselves. They vibrate through the air, with the intention of the speaker, shaping consciousness and touching hearts whether understood or not. "
5 " You can't lie a lifetime,son. Either you gon' tell the truth, or the truth's gon' tell on you "
6 " Sometimes you have to grow up before you appreciate how you grew up. "
7 " Sometimes, when people think they're putting obstacles in your path, they're actually laying your stepping-stones. You just gotta recognize them as one and the same. "
8 " Denial makes people repeat what they aren’t willing to acknowledge. "
9 " Don't give people god's power. Yeah, they have opinions and stuff, but they ain't got no power to change your world unless you give it to 'em. Keep the power you got. You'll need it. I promise. "
10 " God has a way of making sure you reach your destiny, regardless of what others do to you. "
11 " Evidence doesn't always convince people of the truth, [...] especially when the lie is what they prefer. "
12 " By figuring out how the experience can help you move forward. That's the point of why it happened to you in the first place. There's something you're suppose to get from the moment that'll get you closer to your mission if you can see it. Most people can't. "
13 " You have to get clear about the kind of life you can live here. Life can be lived anywhere, but not every life can be lived everywhere. "
14 " If you different, be different. People'll get used to it. They ain't got no other choice "
15 " But remember this: you're strong because of your people - not in spite of them. "
16 " Anybody can live good - soon as they decide the world can kiss they ass. "
17 " Don't give people God's power. Yeah, they have opinions and styff, but they ain't got no power to change your world unless you give it to 'em. Keep ll the power you got. You'll need it. I promise. "
18 " Perhaps future generations, the beautiful ones unborn, would wonder how we survived it all. What would we say? Or, more probably, what would history say for us? It would not speak truth. Not whole truth. It could not. "
19 " Carrying a child is a sacred thing. There is a bond established between mother and child in the womb that lasts forever. The truth of this bond can never be erased. "
― Daniel Black , They Tell Me of a Home
20 " Among us lived every spirit conceivable. Men who loved women, women who loved men. Women who loved women, men who loved men. These were not choices but life assignments. Everyone had one. "
