Atiya Irvin-mitchell

“Because the world had decided that to be soft was to be weak, even though in Joan’s experience being soft and flexible was always more durable than being hard and brittle. Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t. Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying. The world had decided that to be fallible was weak. But we are all fallible. The strong ones are the ones who accept it.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“You've made me realize that if I'm always running in fear of the darkness of my past, I'll never have time to enjoy the light.”
― Lily Meade, The Hex Girls: A Rogue Thorn

“they will deny that white supremacy is their ultimate goal. But their votes show it.”
― Michael Harriot, Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

“Anyone who’s worked at a nonprofit knows you do ten jobs and there’s still more to do.”
― Tina Knowles, Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir