Yuca Perez

“Somewhere inside my own being, I believed that because Penny and I were lesbians, we were second-class citizens. That is the most difficult grieving I do.”
― Terry Mutchler, Under This Beautiful Dome: A Senator, A Journalist, and the Politics of Gay Love in America

“Yes, Rin knew; in the abstract she knew this truth, that to the cosmos they were fundamentally irrelevant, that they came from dust and returned to dust and ash. And she should have taken comfort in that, but in that moment she didn't want to be temporary and immaterial; she wanted to be forever preserved in the material world in a moment with Atlan, their foreheads pressed together, eyes meeting, arms touching and interlacing, trying to meld into the pure physicality of the other.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War / The Dragon Republic / The Burning God / Babel

“What value do you need to show up as your best self in a difficult conversation?”
― Edward Charles Valandra, Colorizing Restorative Justice: Voicing Our Realities

“The world tells us this is what we should want: be a daughter, be a wife, be a mother. But you deserve to be you as well.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, The Warbler