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Racially Mixed Peoples Quotes

Quotes tagged as "racially-mixed-peoples" Showing 1-5 of 5
Akemi Dawn Bowman
“I'd rather have an ugly face than an ugly heart.”
Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

Akemi Dawn Bowman
“When I look over my shoulder, I see Jamie watching me with the same adoring smile time he has from the first time I met him. Jamie is not a starfish. Not even close.”
Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

Akemi Dawn Bowman
“I'm not looking at them, Jamie says softly. "I'm looking at you." When I bring up my eyes, I'm looking at him too. Like, really looking at him. It's hard to breathe when all the colors of his face are so rich and intoxicating-pale blue eyes, a honey tan, and dark chocolate hair. How could someone so beautiful be looking at me the way he is, with half of a smile and affection in his gaze? What does he see? And then I realize. He sees the same thing I see when I look at him. He sees something beautiful.”
Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

Akemi Dawn Bowman
“I need to be strong enough to move away on my own, to pull Mom's hooks out of my heart, to forget about Uncle Max. I need to be strong enough to carry all the guilt of what happened to my family because of me.”
Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

Akemi Dawn Bowman
“I feel like I have the world, and even though Prizm isn't in it, Hiroshi is. His family is. His art is. He's filling a void I never knew was there, with his stories and his family and his paintings and the kindness he never seems to run out of.”
Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish