Marisa

“Grateful for a chance to brush my teeth after sleeping on a train last night, I spend a little extra time on my oral hygiene before plopping back down on the couch and streaming Across the Universe. It’s one of my favorite movies, and tonight is all about comfort. There’s something about Jim Sturgess singing Strawberry Fields Forever that makes my relationship problems fade away.”
― Heather Garvin, Crossing the Line

“God knew how hard and well he’d fought, The noble deeds his hands had wrought; God heard the deep sighs of his breast, He heard—and gave the warrior rest. And shall we weep and say ’tis night, When he has found eternal light?”
― Nikki Grimes, One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

“It occurs to me to dwell on what a microcosm we are of the war as a whole, you and I. The physics of us. An action and an equal and opposite reaction. My viny-hivey elfworld, as you say, versus your techy-mechy dystopia. We both know it’s nothing so simple, any more than a letter’s reply is its opposite. But which egg preceded what platypus? The ends don’t always resemble our means.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

“Hard to explain tidals
to one who’s never gotten her feet wet,”
― Nikki Grimes, One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance