Jasmine Mckenzie

“Well, it's true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But it's also true that I have loved, and been loved. and that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. It's like that pie chart we talked about earlier. in the end, I'll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.”
― Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby

“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there.
At least that's what I would choose to believe.”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.”
― Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside”
― Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride