The Perpetual Planner

i'm always planning; now i'm sharing

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For the peace and progression they could all achieve together if the empire stopped for a second to realize that land was not to be owned and cultures were not to be assimilated. So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole

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That was one of life's most tragic secrets: War never actually ended. It survived in the lives destroyed by things large and small.... War survived in the buildings now built to withstand fires, as well as hurricanes and floods; in the redrawn town lines; in the landmarks turned to ruin. And it survived in the hearts now filled with a hatred, suspicion, and paranoia that hadn't existed before they were forced to grapple with all the ways humans could hurt one another.

So Let Them Burn, Kamilah Cole

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Understanding, waiting, and forgiving do not come naturally to her. Anatema kills what she does not like. And, as we know, she kills what she loves, too.

But Not Too Bold, Hache Pueyo

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She was a gaunt woman, so cadaverous that she looked like a dried-up branch fallen lifelessly from a winter tree. Her sallow olive skin hugged her bones tightly, defining her protruding cheekbones, her strong nose, her bony fingers, her thin torso.

But Not Too Bold, Hache Pueyo

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Too many people know about the pregnancy. Once those people know the baby's never coming, then they'll never see me again, just the thing I did. But that's the fucking thing. If I have this baby, all people will see is them. I'm not me anymore, no matter what I do. Woodworking, Emily St. James

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People change. But it is slow. It is not that they decide tomorrow they will have differences. It is that they decide every day, for many days.

Storming, KM Weiland

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Never forget that for 250 years black people were born into chains - whole generations followed by more generations who knew nothing but chains. You must struggle to truly remember this past in all its nuance, error, and humanity. You must resist the common urge towards the comforting narrative of divine law, toward fairy tales that imply some irrepressible justice. The enslaved were not bricks in your road, and their lives were not chapters in your redemptive history. They were people turned to fuel for the American machine. Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present circumstance - no matter how improved - as the redemption for the lives of people who never asked for the posthumous, untouchable glory of dying for their children. Our triumphs can never compensate for this. Perhaps our triumphs are not even the point.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me [page 70-71]

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Sometimes you need a return to the old ways, in some form...

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People get folded up in the creases of their lives.

No One is Coming to Save Us, Stephanie Powell Watts

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i still want a bee themed baby shower one day

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determined to finish tonight #bwellread #goodreads #selfcare #dogsitting (at Arbutus, Maryland)

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come out and spend part of your Saturday with us #gored #goredforhearthealth #lovemydst #nofilter (at Annapolis, Maryland)

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what are you doing for your heart? #nofilter #selfcare

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2 down, 18 to go. new abs were a killer, but finally got the hang of chair squats #nofilter #barre #purebarre #pureempower #purebarrechallenge #puregoals #selfcare #butdidyoudie #20in30 #holidaypartyseason #cookiebelly

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I think I'm going to attempt this reading challenge

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a fresh set of 365 days is coming #cookiebelly #holidaypartyseason #puregoals #infertility #fibroids #azoospermia #malefactorinfertility

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mom: "everyone is getting one gift this year" ummm remind me how many people are in this family? 😂🎄 merry Christmas y'all #schoonmas