Alexandra

“We are the memories we don't remember, which live in us, which we feel, which make us sing and dance and pray the way we do, feelings from memories that flare and bloom unexpectedly in our lives like blood through a blanket from a wound made by a bullet fired by a man shooting us in the back for our hair, for our heads, for a bounty, or just to get rid of us.”
― Tommy Orange, There There

“You crushed us to build your monarchy on the backs of our blood and bone. Your mistake wasn't keeping us alive. it was thinking we'd never fight back”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“We all are born with burdens. Some of us more than others.”
― Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death

“he didn’t want to grow up. Adulthood had no benefits that he could see and he was loath to join that cruel population.”
― Patrick deWitt, French Exit