Kyla Truman

“A higher minimum wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A stress reliever. Vocal segments of the American public, those with brain space to spare, seem to believe the poor should change their behavior to escape poverty. Get a better job. Stop having children. Make smarter financial decisions. In truth, it’s the other way around: Economic security leads to better choices.”
― Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America

“We weren’t meant to see everything, we weren’t built to do everything, we aren’t capable of knowing everything. At a certain point, peace has to be found with the choices we’ve made.”
― Steven Rowley, The Celebrants

“If the brain is elastic and memory is faulty, maybe all of these stories are wrong. Maybe it happened a different way altogether. Maybe I was happy and I just forget that now.”
― Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe

“The amount of times I've thought buying plants might make a difference in my life is staggering.”
― Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died