CC - QUEERO - 6.22.22 - MERCERNARY

DON'T PAY THE FERRYMAN.
EVER.

'You knew, didn't you, how I needed your language and the mind that formed it? How I relied on your fierce courage to tame wildernesses for me? How strengthened I was by the certainty that came from knowing you would never hurt me? You knew, didn't you, how I loved your love? You knew. This then is no calamity. No. This is jubilee. 'Our crown,' you said, 'has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do,' you said, 'is wear it'.

- TONI MORRISON ON THE DEATH OF JAMES BALDWIN