Sarah Zutter

“I loved that world, in spite of its crushing vastness. I loved it in spite of the terrible weight of its hope.”
― Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“because, really, who can be a hero in the unrelenting tide of injustice?”
― Ruben Reyes Jr., There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: A Collection of Short Stories of Fantasy, Migration, and Central American Identity

“Insecurities are not a personal indictment; they are an indictment of the World. Being that this is the case, people deemed Ugly should run toward Insecurity. Not as a trauma to inform their politics—as it is dangerous to navigate the world of politics through trauma rather than an informed praxis—but as a political tool that aids in developing their understanding of and relationship to oppressive power structures.”
― Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness