Phyllis

“if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“As long as I lived, I remembered everything my mother taught me, and not just about sewing”
― Donna Foley Mabry, Maude

“but they were not yet able to distinguish that colors had values, that words had nuance.”
― Rachel Beanland, Florence Adler Swims Forever

“Prejudice consists of thoughts and feelings, including stereotypes, attitudes, and generalizations that are based on little or no experience and then are projected onto everyone from that group.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism