Alechia Dow > Quotes

“Until I became a librarian, I didn't know I was a rebel.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Music and books, they transport you. They make you feel in ways you didn’t know you could.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“life’s short, but it’s the longest thing you’ll ever do, so give more than you take and be kind.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“A book can change someone’s world.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Fear makes folks restless enough to risk their lives.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Music, stories, art...they’re a bridge between you and someone else...yeah, but also a bridge between the person you are one moment to the person you are the next.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“The is a dark place, and bad things happen that we can’t control. People we love can disappoint us, hurt us and finding forgiveness is hard... but music is there. If it disappoints you, all you have to do is change the track.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“I'll do it, every time, if it means a story can change someone's outlook...”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“But freedom might be better than survival.”
― Alechia Dow , The Sound of Stars

“Cast aside your fear and fight for your future. Fight for freedom.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“I love her with every part of my body, soul, mind, and molecules.”
― Alechia Dow, The Kindred

“But they don’t know that rebels are made in the worst of circumstances, and even death can’t stop them. Us.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Some people were always valued, and some people never were. … We asked for equality and they thought we were asking for more.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“The world is a dark place, and bad things happen that we can’t control. People we love can disappoint us, hurt us and finding forgiveness is hard... but music is there. If it disappoints you, all you have to do is change the track.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Books taught me that anything can happen when you fight for it...”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“We all carry suck lose with aplomb until we crack.”
― Alechia Dow, The Kindred

“If someone keep stripping away our things, rights, freedoms, then we’LP hold on to what we know.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“Angie Thomas, J. Elle, Dhonielle Clayton, oh, my God, Zoraida Cordóva, Justin A. Reynolds and Jason Reynolds, Sandhya Menon, Sheena Boekweg, and Rebecca Coffindaffer, and holy crap, Holly Black.”
― Alechia Dow, The Kindred

“The world still has a chance. What would it do with a second chance? What would I do? The answer surprises me. I’d fight for my own happiness, while fighting for change, too.”
― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars

“That our worlds are unfair. No place is perfect, but we need to take care of each other and use compassion and not oppression. We need to give more then we take, help more then we sit idle. It's time for a change." (pg. 359)”
― Alechia Dow, The Kindred