Stephanie Scheessele

“Warsan Shire,” I finished for him. “ ‘No one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land.’ ”
― Jill Santopolo, The Love We Found

“Suspicious of everyone, regardless of citizenship. No, not citizenship, she corrects herself, race.”
― Ariel Lawhon, Flight of Dreams

“The shared humanity in all of us. The way when you look at details, we can be so incredibly different, but when you take a step back, we’re all essentially the same. You just need that larger view.”
― Jill Santopolo, The Love We Found

“Books are what teach you about life. Books teach you empathy. But you can’t buy books if you barely got enough to make rent. So that library is a vital resource! You shut a library, Louisa, you don’t just shut down a building, you shut down hope.”
― Jojo Moyes, Still Me