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“Our encounter was preordained. It had to be. The chick's need coincided with my sympathy at the appointed hour. And my help made the difference. Just as God's nắp had saved me. I'd fallen several times in life, but each time, I survived. Perhaps because someone had helped me. God-and my Dad.�
— Mar 30, 2025 05:49PM
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"Your letters taught me an amazing thing: all a man can do is try. It's the only thing that counts. We all fail. No life succeeds forever. Trying is the key; it's the only real achieve-ment. I see that clearly now, how hard you tried, and for that, I love you. Asé."
— Mar 30, 2025 06:14PM
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“I didn't know, at the time, that I was searching for something absolutely true, something that wasn't a lie, something no man's hands had tainted. I wanted something to prove I was more than what my father thought I was. I hoped that, if I could write a great book, Dad might see me, even from afar, and apologize for having underestimated me.�
— Mar 30, 2025 06:14PM
Caim
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“…words let you outlive yourself. they take energy, your life force, and speak for you long after you’re gone.�
— Mar 30, 2025 06:12PM
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“Yet by exploring the lives of these precious brothers, I discovered that all men want the same things: validation, worth, purpose. They just never say it.
That's why some men dislike me—I'm willing to say it. That's also why I have to tell this story. Because it's a love song, a black male ballad, a lullaby most brothers can't sing. But I can.�
— Mar 30, 2025 06:09PM
That's why some men dislike me—I'm willing to say it. That's also why I have to tell this story. Because it's a love song, a black male ballad, a lullaby most brothers can't sing. But I can.�
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“The hard part was exposing black men's hearts. That made me uneasy and insecure. I knew what I felt, what we felt, but I never wanted to surrender our vulnerability for public pleasure.�
— Mar 30, 2025 06:09PM
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“The context of the story was slavery because that's where it all began—the torced separation of black men from each other: fathers and sons, uncles and nephews, brothers and brothers.�
— Mar 30, 2025 06:07PM
Caim
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“Matthew is Uncle Esau!"
"Of course you are," I cackled. "You're big brother. That's why you brought me here. To tell me the rest of the story."
"You'll find your brother," I said. "I promise. I'm writing the story." He nodded and cried.
— Mar 30, 2025 06:07PM
"Of course you are," I cackled. "You're big brother. That's why you brought me here. To tell me the rest of the story."
"You'll find your brother," I said. "I promise. I'm writing the story." He nodded and cried.
Caim
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“…pausing his descension into the earth…Jesse Lee nodded and sank slowly into the living grave.� - that’s powerful imagery from someone escaping death by hiding underground to be saved by the same brother who gambled his own freedom to return to save his only living relative
— Mar 30, 2025 06:04PM
