Ari

“He said your people were destitute and had no choice but to give you to him. You were found running around all alone, naked, he said.” A level of shock began to form inside me. “Why would he say that, when it is untrue?”
― Lola Jaye, The Attic Child

“Ghosts are what white people put in storybooks and picture shows. They do it to scare people about the dead. The church does the same. It’s about making people afraid. I’m sure they know nothing about the good of a person’s spirit and how it comes forward after death.”
― Tony Birch, The White Girl

“England must be much better than your homeland?” “Is this your first time using a knife and fork?” “What does it feel like to wear clothes?”
― Lola Jaye, The Attic Child

“Almost everything strange washes up near Miami. ”
― Rick Riordan