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41 " But believe it or not, I really do like to read. I don't think anyone can ever pull the wool over your eyes if you stay prayed up and read. Frederick Douglass said that no man can be a slave if he has knowledge. "
― Brandi L. Bates , Remains To Be Seen
42 " Wind as old as Rome outside my window, inky fleece clouds against charcoal crushed velvet skies, fall feels soulful, like a LaBelle octave. "
― Brandi L. Bates , Soledad
43 " Pain speaks louder than words ever could. Like most things it serves as both messenger and a symbol. "
44 " Every morning I look in the mirror and remind myself: "No one owes you sh*t!" In this way, I am never disappointed. Never placing blame. "
― Brandi L. Bates
45 " You settle for less, you get less. "
46 " Like the Bermuda triangle, she swallowed her victims whole. "
47 " Sometimes I think the Most High believes I can shoulder the weight of 1000 stars. "
48 " The sky is a tight gray sheet of Baroque prose pulled snug "
49 " Raw Living: Picking blackberries, beneath late afternoon sun; a sunset reminiscent of watermelon sangria, as the scent of honeysuckle accosts me and the ducks waddle into the lake. Thanking Mama Nature for her abundance. Loving this candied-sweet southern life. "
50 " Successful people replace the words “wish”, “should” and “try” with “I will”. "
51 " Lick my finger so I can scan your table of contents- fuck the index- I yearn to ride your story line. "
52 " All I could feel was love leaking in my soul and my heart seeping bits of heaven. "
― Brandi L. Bates , Amid the Cacophony of Cries
53 " Your skin reminds me of everything beautiful I've ever loved... how the moon gets jealous at how you mock her crescent figure with the shape of your mouth... echo of unborn galaxies bounce forth through your vocal chords... "
54 " Magic waited for me in the morning dew of this brand new day. And silence sang, so soft and low. It touched my sun dappled skin and kissed my parted lips. "
55 " When I'm drunk with feeling and nature is drinking from my lips and we reflect each other in our atmospheres, then my words come effortlessly and my fingers go into labor...day or night. "
56 " All things grow, flourish, die, and re-grow. Life and death are continuous and fluid. Like the Sun and the Moon which die and are reborn, so do the seasons and all living things. "
57 " Although this man spoke pure fluent ghetto, she liked his spirit. She could tell he was attracted to her, and that he was being ever careful with his words. "
58 " I marveled over the cosmic metaphors in my life. Found that all I needed to see and all I needed to know; all I needed to understand could be found in a constellation shaped like the Big Dipper. "
59 " With you in my hand I can travel across the universe in one verse and skip moons to the tunes of Miles or Coltrane. "
60 " That night I wasn't reading your palm...I was monogramming my fingerprints on the sidewalks of your lifeline. "