“Someone can tell you all your life that you’re inferior, but it doesn’t matter until you accept it and allow for validation. Once validation takes place, it’s then that the colonial malaise sets in like smallpox.” — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“Someone can tell you all your life that you’re inferior, but it doesn’t matter until you accept it and allow for validation. Once validation… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“Ramadi’s sky was generously filled with stars. Celestial ornaments set against a banner of a deep blue velvet sky. It was a place where… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“That’s what imperialism is all about, shoving your language, religion, culture, and race down others’ throats and telling them that they’re beneath you –… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“Indifference is the worst kind of response when love is expressed. Hate is not the antithesis of love; it’s the nonexistence of feeling, a… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“If anyone thinks interracial "anything" is a big deal, they're probably inbred.” — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“To my surprise, it was a place where my thoughts were the most lucid. I wasn’t bogged down in random trivial details or the… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“I really can't stress this enough. If you want to make an impact, don't simply sit idly by and 'hope' for courage. Courage is… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“I have been cheated out of being treated like a human being. In my reflection I saw an empty vessel. They had cheated me… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“The open road. Seemingly my only friend for years upon end since leaving war. The road embraced me, let me breathe, and more importantly,… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
