Tangled in Text

“If the story of my life could say one thing, I’d hope it would show the importance of venturing into the highways and the hedges to let invisible people know they’re seen and loved. To invite them in.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging

“Women of color are rarely given the benefit of the doubt and even more rarely considered worthy of sympathy and support. If we are angry it is because we are bullies, if we are crying it is because we are indulging in the cult of victimhood, if we are poised it is because we lack emotion, if we are emotional it is because we are less rational human and more primitive animal.”
― Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

“Electricity and the lightbulb we invented without bullet journals. New modes of transportation like the locomotive train…were created without New Year’s resolutions. It makes me feel bad for Alexander Hamilton or Mozart–if only they would’ve known about goal setting.”
― Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle

“She’d memorized the verse about peace that passes all understanding, but all she felt was the weight of depression.”
― Amanda Cox, The Edge of Belonging