Erin

“One of the people on my Mom's Council,
he used to be a boxer.
My Mom always says he always says Get up on the 1.
You don't want them to count to 2
'cause then it's easy to count 3
while you go on being down. Always
Get up on the 1.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff

“Why can’t Tashi come to school? she asked me. When I told her the Olinka don’t believe in educating girls she said, quick as a flash, They’re like white people at home who don’t want colored people to learn. Oh, she’s sharp, Celie. At the end of the day, when Tashi can get away from all the chores her mother assigns her, she and Olivia secret themselves in my hut and everything Olivia has learned she shares with Tashi. To Olivia right now Tashi alone is Africa. The Africa she came beaming across the ocean hoping to find. Everything else is difficult for her.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“One good thing bout the way he never do any work round the place, us never miss him when he gone.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

“This is the time to remember that I’m the protagonist in my own story, facing every challenge with grace and wit.”
― Maya Van Wagenen, Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek