misc quote time!

[whiskypriest]

I've been readin hella books by black women authors lately, and I'm lovin it. Their names are Octavia Butler (sci-fi), Alice Walker (novels + short stories), and Tananarive Due (sci-fi). Reading just for fun feels so luxurious.. and I like the emotional content/insight in these books especially.

re: the double bind of being oppressed:
"to speak out provoked violence, to remain silent encouraged death." - Alice Walker, from The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart