White girl Quote by Daniel José Older

““My mama told me not to take freaky magic cards from strange white girls I meet in the woods.””

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“But once when she was chatting with some stupid boy online, she described herself as the color of coffee with not enough milk. There was a pause in the conversation, and the words glared back at her strangely, like the echo of a burp in an empty auditorium. She wondered if what she’d typed was burning holes in her chat…

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“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.”…

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“Tee shook her head. “You know how like … but then sometimes … and you’re just … ya know? Without any kinda … whatsoever.”

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“Spirits flitted through the red-and-orange sky like leaves blown on the October wind. They dipped and darted over the brownstones and housing projects, swooped…

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“And then, like a dick, he's gone.”

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“...and night would be falling over the ocean and all the lights would find her in the midst of the darkening world and the…

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“So, sure – maybe I don’t know how I’m going to change the world yet… but whatever it is, it begins with what we’re…

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“The same word anyone said when they didn’t understand something. Crazy was a way to shut people up, disregard them entirely.”

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“But it was hard work making suggestions and not blatant declarations with her ever-changing Puerto Rican body.”

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“If we didn’t we’d be summarily executed, remember? Or long-distance choke-smashed by your beloved archwizard woo-woo-in-chief.”

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