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Lucille Clifton: . . ....

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. . . even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties, in my definitions, I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me. Stability comes from inside, not outside....

Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
-- Lucille Clifton, (Jun 27 1936-2010), US poet, educator; She has written more than twenty books for children and adults, one of which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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