Katey

“Horace’s mother had warned him about white people, that he should never speak to them unless they spoke first, and that if he did, he needed to say “sir” and “ma’am” and not be rude but to get away as quickly as he could beforethey did something terrible. She had refused to say what it was people like this did that was so awful. Horace figured they ate colored people, or at least colored children.”
― Thomas Mullen, Darktown

“That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“That's how the European tribes operate, she said. If they can’t control it, they destroy it.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation