“My life is a disaster, but not in the way you'd think reading this...” – Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison, American Fiction ... Movie Quotes Database

Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

My life is a disaster, but not in the way you'd think reading this shit. These things reduce us, and they do it over and over again because too many white people and people, apparently like you, devour this slop like pigs in a dumpster to stay current at **** cocktail parties.

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