Terri

“They say our people were born on water..., when they had not seen their land or any land for so many days that they had lost count. The teal eternity of the Atlantic Ocean had severed them so completely from what had once been their home that it was as if nothing had ever existed before...They were no longer Mbundu or Akan or Fulani. These men and women from many different nations, all shackled together in the suffocating hull of the ship, they were one people now.”
― Nicole Hannah-Jones

“Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better.”
― Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon

“I grew up with a strong desire for invisibility. In large part, this was due to the ever-present feeling that I was failing at performing my gender. The whole boy thing was just so exhausting, and I never felt like I got it quite right. I was always on the verge of being exposed as unmanly, and I had no idea how to avoid it. Failing at boy-ness was an unforgivable sin, so my only hope was to not be noticed. Each new encounter with another human being could be the one where I slip up and have my cover blown, and be punished, possibly with violence. [footnote: It was generally agreed that, even if you didn't approve of violence, effeminate boys were "just asking to get beat up," and bore at least some of the responsiblity when it happened.”
― Amy Schneider, In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

“What if grief isn't only missing people and being sad? That's how we usually think about it. But what if it's just -- reckoning with their being gone and with knowing they're never coming back?”
― Marisa de los Santos, I'd Give Anything