Tomika Whyel

“She saw a jack-o-lantern, smiling and hollowed out, with no candle in it, when a well-dressed businesswoman came in for a latte and muffin.
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― Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

“HeLa cells were one of the most important things that happened to medicine in the last hundred years,” Defler said. Then, matter-of-factly, almost as an afterthought, he said, “She was a black woman.” He erased her name in one fast swipe and blew the chalk from his hands. Class was over.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

“Her hands trembled as she pressed them together to make them stop, for Kapugen had taught her that fear can so cripple a person that he cannot think or act. Already she was too scared to crawl.
"Change your ways when fear seizes," he had said, "for it usually means you are doing something wrong.”
― Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves

“Category 3 hurricanes changed a culture’s worldview. Categories 4 and 5 converted unbelievers to religion. ”
― Chad Boudreaux