Ownvoices Quotes

“Maybe that's what living is--recognizing the marvels and oddities around you.”
― S.K. Ali, Love from A to Z

“Never, ever quake in the face of hate, Zayneb.”
― S.K. Ali, Love from A to Z

“There won't be any sex for the first three hundred thousand words... that's how you know this is an asexual-to-demisexual story.”
― Christopher X. Sullivan, The Book of Beginnings: It's Just Us Here

“Mark is the one thing in this world that I love enough to write a million words about... he is the one I am obsessive about recording. I want you to love him as much as I do. I want you to see him how I see him. Yes, he has flaws and, yes, I put my blinders on when looking at those flaws... but I feel compelled to immortalize our story—his story.”
― Christopher X. Sullivan, The Lover

“Do you ever wish you could hear?"
"I can hear. I just listen differently than you."
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― Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

“Sometimes we cogently talk to our heart if there is no other way of verdict.”
― Lokesh Umak

“Do good;
Do the impossible.
See what no one else can see,
And be brave.”
― T. Harriman, BURN THIS BOOK: THE 10,000-YEAR PLAN

“The line of the unmarried grew shorter every Chinese New Year.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

“This book does not represent autism, and neither I nor Cassie represent autistic people. We are simply individual voices in a choir of millions of amazing neurodivergent people, all with our own experiences, or own ways of seeing the world, our own ways of existing. I cannot speak for anyone but myself, and I would not want to try. So, whether you enjoyed this book or not, whether you see yourself represented in this story or not, I urge you to seek out other autistic voices.
We are beautiful, we are unique, and we are legion.”
― Holly Smale, Cassandra in Reverse

“The Central Station in Bulawayo had received 120 of these “multipurpose” pieces of technology the month before instead of proper digital cameras, voice recorders, and other essential equipment. They were allocated to the detectives and their superiors, some of whom pocketed several each so they could gift them to their wives, girlfriends, and at the very least their legitimate children.”
― Muvhaki Tasu, Who Killed Chatunga?