Mendocino

“My skin stayed the same while this difference snuck in through a pore and attached itself to whatever brittle part forms my center.”
― Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow

“He was away in a mystery, locked in the enigma that young Southern Black boys start to unravel, start to try to unravel, from seven years old to death. The humorless puzzle of inequality and hate.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings