“I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.”
― The Whale Rider
― The Whale Rider
“When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself.” If I wasn’t gonna fight for me, who else was?”
― All Boys Aren’t Blue
― All Boys Aren’t Blue
“Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“Words fall out of the sky like leaves, girl. Grab a couple and write ’em down.”
― Stella by Starlight
― Stella by Starlight
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