Ali Forger

“Therefore, whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.”
― James Baldwin

“He would often try to think that perhaps that has to be the case: that our teenage years have to simultaneously be the brightest light and the darkest depths, because that’s how we learn to figure out our horizons.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“Those kids aren't dumb. But the people who run these schools want to make sure they don't get smart: they are really teaching the kids to be slaves.”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk