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“My mother thought I was a monster and didn't love me because of it. This thing, an actual fucking monster, was loved.”
― Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

“To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn’t care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“You'll read about at just about every possible turn I found new and innovative ways of self-sabotage. Chewing up and spitting out opportunities while making enemies out of friends, friends out of whoever hands me my Prozac prescription every month at RiteAid. There's a lot of that in this book. Self-sabotage I mean. Certainly more than self-love or self-care.”
― Jeffery Self, Self-Sabotage: And Other Ways I’ve Spent My Time

“I want to see a world in which not only the food from the African diaspora but the food from Africa is given the respect it deserves. When I push open the kitchen doors, I want to see a dining room full of diners, especially Brown and Black diners, who looking at their plates feel seen, celebrated, and recognized. And when I look in the mirror, I want to see a young black chef who made that world a reality.”
― Kwame Onwuachi, Notes from a Young Black Chef