Emma Soucy

“If he don't ever buy you nothing
and I mean nothing -
I don't mean your birthstone,
I don't mean groceries, even -
I mean if he don't buy you an ice-cream cone,
I mean if he don't buy you time when you had none,
I mean if he don't buy your fantastic tales, calls them nonsense,
then he's gotta go.”
― Eve L. Ewing, Electric Arches

“You had every intention of being depressed forever, but as it turns out, there's work to be done, meals to eat, movies to see, errands to run. You meant to be in ruins permanently, your misery a monument, a gash across the cold hard earth, but honestly, who has the time for that? Instead, you survived - apparently, you both did - and things are shockingly okay.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories

“a wall is just a wall
and nothing more at all.
It can be broken down.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography