030. on survival
notes from Toni Cade Bambara, Lorraine Hansberry, June Jordan, and Audre Lorde
I’m reading The Salt Eaters, thinking about about sucking salt, and wondering what it means to be well. The book’s renowned first line is one that justifies my love of them, first lines, and how I know immediately if I will love a book by how it starts.
“Are you sure sweetheart that you want to be well?”