Memorabilia Quotes

“A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.”
― Diane Grifith

“Nakia had come across Conrad and Juanita's box of Obama family memorabilia--novelty plates, buttons, their tickets to the first inauguration--when she helped them to pack up to move back to New Jersey. A time capsule of wild hope, almost painful to look back on now.

"We really thought that man was gonna be the Black Messiah or something," she said. "What a time."

"Yeah, turns out he was very much not," January said. "And white people ain't been okay since. Look at them.”
― Angela Flournoy, The Wilderness