He Never Said "don't Tell

It's Important To Set Challenges That You're Not Sure You're Equal To.

I Fell Into Shame Like A Suicide Throws Herself Into A River. (253)

The Horror Of Class Stratification, Racism, And Prejudice Is That Some People Begin To Believe That The Security Of Their Families And Communities Depends On The Oppression Of Others, That For Some To Have Good Lives There Must Be Others Whose Lives Are Truncated And Brutal.

I Did Things I Did Not Understand For Reasons I Could Not Begin To Explain Just To Be In Motion, To Be Trying To Do Something, Change Something In A World I Wanted Desperately To Make Over But Could Not Imagine For Myself.

Piece By Piece, My Mother Is Being Stolen From Me.