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Danzy Senna Quotes: I don't like stories that are too neat and too resolved. I think resolutions can be deadening for the reader.
         

I don't like stories that are too neat and too resolved. I think resolutions can be deadening for the reader.


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I guess the subject of race is so natural to me I never think of it as hefty. It's something I talk about and joke about and discuss with my loved ones every day of my life.



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I think cults never stop being interesting and I'm intrigued by how we all do a tiny bit of submitting to a larger group - and how they can sneak up on you.





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