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Maurice Broaddus QUOTES

1 " All of Muungano’s Territory lit up as a hologram projection, from the Dreaming City to Mars to the mining outpost. No borders, per se, not the way O.E. might define them. Only communities of alliance. This was what they had all fought so hard to forge. They needed a new vocabulary to describe the experiment they embarked on. Empire wasn’t it. A budding cooperative cradled in a sweep of stars. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

2 " When the powerless seek their own sense of control, ‘crime’ is what an unjust system produces. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier

3 " Caring meant being courageous enough to be fully present with one another. One did not have to be useful or whole or even remotely healed as long as they were present, willing to bear themselves - their full, vulnerable selves - to others and allow their history of hurt to be transformed into a wellspring of healing. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

4 " We turned the gun over to the police. "

― Maurice Broaddus , The Usual Suspects

5 " There are people who want the status quo, and that’s what they’re advocating for. And even though I’ve taken a step back over the last couple years from being provocative online, I ended up getting in a shouting match with an editor because he was trying to defend his all-white anthology, and I’m like, ‘That’s all right. Own it. You wanted the status quo, you read only within your little comfort zone, you aren’t trying to find new voices, you want the voices that you’ve grown up with and that fit your little taste, and you don’t want to do the work of finding new voices. That’s fine, just own it.’ So yeah, you have editors who just want to fight for the status quo. "

― Maurice Broaddus

6 " It’s easy to believe bad stories and let them color how you see things. "

― Maurice Broaddus , The Usual Suspects

7 " What was the point of trying to be better when other folks always believed the worst about you? Sometimes you just want to give in and be what they believe you are. "

― Maurice Broaddus , The Usual Suspects

8 " No matter how benevolent the ruler, the military drives the empire. Armaments feed the beast. And soldiers who train for war need a war for purpose. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier

9 " Several figures wearing light scattering masks designed to defeat facial-recognition algorithm stormed about. Some toted phase EMP carronades. The international district of Indianapolis was once the side of town that suffered from benign neglect of city officials. Property values plummeted, money enough to rebrand the area and immigrants moved in. And flourished. Through LISC, the city found money enough to rebrand the area the International District. This grew into the international marketplace, which soon housed several embassies once the nation’s capital shifted to the booming metropolis. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

10 " The urban sprawl of squat earthen buildings trailed into the woods, layered, unobtrusive, camouflaged by nature, inadvertent interruptions to the greenways. The "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier

11 " Beneath the power of empire is the problem of justice. Peel that back and beneath the power of justice is the problem of violence. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier

12 " Acclimatizing to its customs and particular brand of bustle, he’d gotten a sense of Wewoka. Without the lens of a fever-induced vision, it proved to be a dense, vertical city of narrow, terraced streets with expansive walkways. Largely devoid of motor traffic, any point could be reached by foot in fifteen minutes. Pictures painted on the sidewalks provided a colorful trail. With a central street lined with shops bustling with commerce, the noise and smell were different from what he was used to. Wewoka had none of the overworked smokestacks from innumerable factories; much of the city was made up by parks. The air had a hint of ozone to it. A collection of buildings sprouted at the heart of the city. Gleaming green and metallic spires in the distance, the sun reflected from their solar panels. A mushroom-like structure drew in sewer water from its “roots” and funneled it to its dome. Solar energy evaporated the water, which was then collected and released throughout the streets, watering the surrounding green spaces. Photovoltaic panels lined solar drop towers. Titanium dioxide reacted with ultraviolet rays and smog, filtering and dissipating them. They had developed similar technology in Jamaica. Vertical gardens and vegetation covered the steep towers of housing units and work offices. The exterior vertical gardens filtered the rain, which was reused with liquid wastes for farming needs. A deep calm reverberated through the city, quiet preserved like a commodity. Desmond "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier

13 " Every life form has its predator. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Pimp My Airship: A Naptown by Airship Novel

14 " It’s true. When you set your eyes on it again, you need to realize that you’re looking at a piece of hip-hop history. A holy relic.”
“You’re ridiculous.”
Their generation, not-quite-affectionately called neoniks, loved the late-twentieth-century era as part of what they called The Remember Revolution. They committed themselves to never forget the tragedies of O.E., from Black Wall Street to MOVE to First World. Admirable in philosophy, though in practice, they basically just adopted the era’s slang. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

15 " We’ became slaves to wheat,” Stacia said.
“Yes. Wheat, the technology and systematic impact of agriculture tricked us into serving it and spreading it around the world. Similarly, you don’t own the wormhole and you certainly don’t control it. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

16 " You know I don't drink."
"It's still polite to ask."
"And where would we be without politeness? "

― Maurice Broaddus , King Maker (Knights of Breton Court #1)

17 " Of course we are. We stand in opposition to their entire way of life. We created ways of being and moving. Of valuing and celebrating one another. Allowing our systems – political and economic – to grow out of our humanity. Seeking only the best for one another and our community. That’s why we’re a threat. And will always be seen as one. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

18 " It was well known that Junie always held a bag filled with weed at almost all times. By his account, he simply liked to carry enough to have a party any time. He was a sharing kind of guy. "

― Maurice Broaddus , King Maker (Knights of Breton Court #1)

19 " As you can imagine, all of this only fueled O.E.’s paranoia of us, stoking their fears that we plotted against them. They came to believe that it was only a matter of time before we unleashed the destructive force of our military might. Because history has told us that is what they would have done. "

― Maurice Broaddus , Sweep of Stars (Astra Black #1)

20 " Any town considered a potential boomtown had encampments whose tents fluttered in the breeze like a squad of sailboats coming to port. People flocked to a town such as this for an opportunity for a factory job. A cloister of lean-tos, bivouacs, and canvas sheets stretched out for shelter formed a tent city that nestled against the town proper. In "

― Maurice Broaddus , Buffalo Soldier