Joan

“And if you don’t see race, then you’re turning a blind eye on racial injustices. Because colorblind or not, racism does happen. And why be colorblind? We’re all different, and diversity is a good thing.”
― Sheeryl Lim, Brown Boy Nowhere

“wanted this book to highlight a neurodiverse heroine who happens to be on medication and in therapy falling in love and thriving. I wanted to show the messy, heavy parts of her life alongside the moments that sweep her off her feet. And I wanted a hero who’d love her through her dark days, not despite them—because to me, that is the most romantic thing of all.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Weather Girl

“Being scared isn’t an excuse to be racist. That’s just damn ignorant. You don’t call someone ‘brown boy’ or say he eats dogs just because he’s new to town and ‘unfamiliar”
― Sheeryl Lim, Brown Boy Nowhere

“Whether on paper or in my mind, the problems I had to deal with first—the car repair, the court date, the empty cupboards—went at the top, on the left. The next pressing issue went next to it, on the right. I’d focus on one problem at a time, working left to right, top to bottom.”
― Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive