Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.
The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as wel… - Nella Larsen
The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as wel…
- Nella Larsen
If sex isn't a joke, what is it? - Nella Larsen
If sex isn't a joke, what is it?
Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it. - Nella Larsen
Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.
What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins? - Nella Larsen
What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?
Have you ever stopped to think how much unhappiness and downright cruelty are laid to the loving kindness of the Lord? And always by His most ardent … - Nella Larsen
Have you ever stopped to think how much unhappiness and downright cruelty are laid to the loving kindness of the Lord? And always by His most ardent …
Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow began to fade from h… - Nella Larsen
Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life, the glow began to fade from h…
I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me. - Nella Larsen
I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.
These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy o… - Nella Larsen
These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love of color, joy o…
Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, towa… - Nella Larsen
Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, towa…
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