Margarida

“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“My momma always said the best way to get what you want from people is to give them what they think they want. They expected me to be stupid, so I used that to our advantage.”
― Justina Ireland, Dread Nation

“I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.”
― Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!