Rebeca

“I do not waste time or language on our enemies, beloved. But if I ever did, I would tell them that there is a river between what they see and what they know. And they don’t have the heart to cross it.”
― Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

“When a loved one dies it is right and proper to send a lost story about them or a small piece of change, to help out those who will before sunrise be dressed in their mourning clothes.”
― Nikky Finney, Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts

“I have to speak up because silence is not only dangerous, it is corrosive. When we refuse to name our obstacles, we can never find a way around them. Worse, we accept their inevitability, believing we deserve what we get.”
― Stacey Abrams, Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change

“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous