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1 " Trauma is a memory hog,It gobbles up all available spacein the brain,leaves little room to markdaily happenstances,or even routine injurieswhich are less thanlife-threatening. "
― Nikki Grimes , Ordinary Hazards
2 " MY BLACK MEMy father fed me Invisible Man, Native Son, No Longer at Ease, Black Man's Burden,and the more I read,the madder I got, and I alreadyhad reasonto scream, but my fatherkept me dreamingof what wordsI might bringto the world. "
3 " I didn't have much in the world, but my fears were my own. "
4 " this writing thingwas some kind of magic trickI didn't yet understand,except for this:Magicians rarely sharetheir secrets. "