Henry Holt

“When people thought of mothers, they smelled cookies baking and chocolate melting. But actual mothers got shit for giving their kids too much sugar. When people thought of mothers, they thought soft and warm and cuddly. But actual mothers went to great lengths to eradicate their soft warm cuddly bits. When people thought of mothers, they thought of mama bears and cheerleaders–fierce love and unconditional support–but actual mothers were accused of coddling and helicoptering.”
― Laurie Frankel, Family Family

“Being Black, for me, has always been about everything and nothing at once, and the coded language in between.”
― Joel Leon, Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future

“It is all of those things and none of those things. Blackness is not a monolith—it is as nuanced, as different, and as bold as our hairstyles, our fashion choices, and our vernacular. It is the space between a comma and a bar, a breath taken or breaths strangled out of us.”
― Joel Leon, Everything and Nothing at Once: A Black Man's Reimagined Soundtrack for the Future

“Tell me what you can't forget, and I'll tell you who you are. I switch off my apartment light and she comes with the dark.”
― Julie Buntin, Marlena