Sara Koske

“Nothing is so privileged as thinking history belongs to the past.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“You might think you are all that, winning all sorts of prizes, learning all sorts of things, and that that entitles you to make fun of people. But don't you ever laugh at someone who doesn't know how to spell or read as well as you do! Just because you have been blessed with parents who are teachers, who are able to make sure you get an education, doesn't make you one bit better than someone who didn't have the same opportunities.”
― Ketanji Brown Jackson, Lovely One: A Memoir

“I would never accept a world where Hank might be told: “I’m sorry, but while your cancer has a 92% cure rate when treated properly, there just aren’t adequate resources in the world to make that treatment available to you.” That world would be so obviously and unacceptably unjust. So how can I live in a world where Henry and his family are told that? How can I accept a world where over a million people will die this year for want of a cure that has existed for nearly a century?”
― John Green

“Whenever he got mad like that, it just made me shut down, even though he’d never laid a hand on me. I never understood why I didn’t talk back or fight with him, but I just knew I couldn’t win. You learn after a long enough period of time that it’s not worth it.”
― Cher, Cher: Part One: The Memoir