“Do I care enough? If so, then I don't care about what other people think about my presence in a room or conversation”
― This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
― This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
“did I yearn for a new eye as a window to the outside world, or for the world to look in on me?”
― Do Not Say We Have Nothing
― Do Not Say We Have Nothing
“Even though my brain was a mess, what kept my soul whole was the warmth of the hands holding mine on both sides”
― Almond
― Almond
“Silence, too, is a kind of music. Silence will last.”
― Do Not Say We Have Nothing
― Do Not Say We Have Nothing
“To love whom she wanted to love and to express her love- express it openly- that was a revolution.”
― The Hanging on Union Square
― The Hanging on Union Square
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