“Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237”
Source: The Color Purple
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Nītiśataka 2
Variant translation from K.M. Joglekar:
That woman about whom I constantly meditate has no affection for me; she, however, yearns after another who is attached to someone else; while a certain woman pines away for me. Fie on her, on him, on the God of Love, on that woman, and on myself.
Śatakatraya

“Through my tears
I found god in myself
and I loved her fiercely”
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1976)
Variant: i found god in myself
& i loved her/i loved her fiercely

1990s, The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish

--Carol
Source: Far from the Tree, Ch. 11 Transgender, p 671.