Amanda Gorman Quotes

“The norms and notions of what "just is' isn't always "justice".”
― Amanda Gorman

“At the end of their journey, a hero may stand in the same place where their story started, but nevertheless they have been irrevocably shifted, altered, displaced.”
― Amanda Gorman, Call Us What We Carry

“Especially for girls of color, we're treated as lightning or gold in the pan--we're not treated as things that are going to last," [Amanda Gorman] said. "You really have to crown yourself with the belief that what I'm about and what I'm here for is way beyond this moment. I'm learning that I am not lightning that strikes once. I am the hurricane that comes every single year, and you can expect to see me again soon.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times