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“our people diverse and beautiful will emerge,
battered and beautiful
When day comes we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid”
― Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

“Lips to lips, hearts melting together, no distance between them, not even an arm's length.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Ink and parchment flowed through her veins. The magic of the Great Libraries lived in her very bones. They were a part of her, and she a part of them.”
― Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns

“Somehow we've weathered and witnessed
a nation that isn't broken
but simply unfinished. . .
And yes we are far from polished
far from pristine
but that doesn't mean we are
striving to form a union that is perfect
We are striving to forge a union with purpose”
― Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country