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1 " Eliminate fear at its root. Fear is the most crippling, immobilizing, imprisoning circumstance to live in. "
― Shanae Henley , Dark Berry Sweet Juice: A Seven Step Manual on Surviving Being Gay, Black, Female, and Christian in the 21st Century
2 " She is a queen. She is mysterious. They want to dig into her, know her, be her, but they can’t because she is a vault! So they try to impersonate her. "
3 " Healing is an essential tool needed to become your whole self. The most essential, self-worthy, dignifying thing a person can do in their lifetime is to heal! "
4 " We often treat children more like property and less like human beings with human thoughts, urges, and questions. "
5 " I know too many adults in bondage, locked up in their parents' opinions, thoughts, gestures, jokes, and hatred of homosexuality. "
6 " We can't be the suspect and the victim; the peacemaker and the hellraiser. "
7 " We have to unite as a race (human) and relinquish these teachings so that our children can be free and our adults can grow up. "
8 " Never let anyone convince you that God doesn't love you! "
9 " There is no love we can experience in our lives more magnificent than the love God has for us. "