“Being brave means going up to people and saying, "Here's what I believe. I trust you," he said. Trust is the scariest thing to give but it is the most powerful.”
― Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
― Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
“The new dawn balloons as we free it.
For there is always light,
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
―
For there is always light,
If only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
―
“I have my story. The twins will have theirs.
Stories, it seems to me, are living things. Once you set them free, they're like offspring. They have destinies of their own.
They're no longer your responsibility.
They belong to the world.”
― The One and Only Family
Stories, it seems to me, are living things. Once you set them free, they're like offspring. They have destinies of their own.
They're no longer your responsibility.
They belong to the world.”
― The One and Only Family
“I want them to know
that banning a book
is like banning a hug
and THAT is a dismal storm
no child should be left behind in”
― Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances
that banning a book
is like banning a hug
and THAT is a dismal storm
no child should be left behind in”
― Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances
“My grandmother called it bearing witness. She'd sit on the porch with her sister and talk the night away. Sometimes gossiping, sometimes praying. I'd hear them confide in each other, telling each other things I knew I wasn't supposed to know anything about." Maxine hits the button on her keychain to unlock her door. We get in. "I didn't get it as a kid. I mean, nothing got resolved, necessarily, so I though it was silly to just sit and rehash everything that was wrong with the world," Maxine says.
"Yeah, that's kind of depressing," I say.
"But I think what my grandmother was saying is that it feels good to know someone knows your story, that someone took you in," Maxine says. "She'd tell me, it's how we heal.”
― Piecing Me Together
"Yeah, that's kind of depressing," I say.
"But I think what my grandmother was saying is that it feels good to know someone knows your story, that someone took you in," Maxine says. "She'd tell me, it's how we heal.”
― Piecing Me Together
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