Julie Vumback

“the realization that we may be a part of the reason why the deck is stacked against others, that we may have been contributing to it for years without our knowledge, is why the concept of privilege is so threatening to so many. We don’t want to think that we are harming others, we do not want to believe that we do not deserve everything we have, and we do not want to think of ourselves as ignorant of how our world works.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Marcelo took a sharp intake of breath, as if the next question was something he had to swim under.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“My night dreams are even more terrorizing than my daydreams, but I won’t go into them because listening to people’s real-life stories is boring enough; who wants to be subjected to someone’s imaginary night?”
― Cazzie David, No One Asked for This: Essays

“I know you’re not supposed to talk shit about your friends, but it is quite literally the only thing that helps you cope with the nightmare of having friends.”
― Cazzie David, No One Asked for This: Essays