Carolina QuotesI know that I'm not grieving because death is unnatural, I'm grieving because love has overfilled my banks, and I can no longer just pour it into this other person. When I'm angry, it's because I love something, and I want to defend it. When I am feeling fearful is because I love something.
adrienne maree brown Carolinian
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- Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)
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- 2023
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