Later, I would hear it in Dad's voice-"Either I can beat him, or the police." Maybe that saved me. Maybe it didn't. All I know is, the violence rose from the fear like smoke from a fire, and I cannot say whether that violence, even administered in fear and love, sounded the alarm or choked us at the exit.
( Ta-Nehisi Coates )
[ Between the World and Me ]
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