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1 " All of a sudden, I wonder if Billie Holiday ever sang in front of the mirror. "
― Alicia D. Williams , Genesis Begins Again
2 " When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea. "
3 " And I'm sure I like a whole lot of things...and truth is, I can't wait to discover 'em all. "
4 " Blackie. "
5 " Right now, for me, it's only about winning "
6 " I don't need a bunch of fake friends. I only need one. One real friend. "
7 " Every family has some form of crazy, trust me. "
8 " We can only put high-quality stuff in here like Grey Poupon and Evian water,” I joke. "
9 " Here I am, facing myself like Celie. "Well?" I say. "Get on with it. "
10 " So that rolling around in milk thing was stupid. So was the baking soda experiment. And I'm embarrassed to confess that for three months straight, I'd sit with yogurt on my face for fifteen minutes every night... "
11 " You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before. "
12 " And apparently no one told Mrs. Hill that we don’t talk about slavery anymore, because she goes on like she’s proud to know her ancestors were picking cotton. "
13 " Well, fact is, Zora clung to those words tighter than Brer Fox would've clung to Brer Rabbit, if he'd ever been able to catch him. "
― Alicia D. Williams , Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
