Raina

“I wanted to ask her so many questions but I didn't because we don't talk to people anymore because saying something would be stranger than saying nothing to a stranger.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

“White people--guys especially--always imagine another way because their paths have always been saturated with forks. For Abuela and mi mamá, there was no fork. No other way.”
― Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything

“At [my old school], when teachers stood up to address us in assemblies, it was to urge us to study hard, stay focused, remain resilient, set goals, seek support. If there was a “leader,” she was the exception, not the norm.
Listening to [the adults here], I wonder if things would be different if we spent thirteen years being told that we were born to lead, and that the only thing that would ever hold us back would be a limited imagination.”
― Randa Abdel-Fattah, When Michael Met Mina

“We dreamed a lot of good stuff. Marriage and forever and ever and that kind of thing. It meant everything to me. Not just a lot. Everything.”
― Walter Dean Myers