“Had our hearts really become so numb that we needed dead bodies in order to feel the beat of compassion in our chests? Who am I if I need to be shocked back into my best self?”
― All American Boys
― All American Boys
“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― The Hate U Give
― The Hate U Give
“What a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.”
― Legend
― Legend
“For the first time in my life, I realized telling the truth was way different from finding the truth, and finding the truth had everything to do with revisiting and rearranging words. Revisiting and rearranging words didn't only require vocabulary; it required will, and maybe courage. Revised word patterns were revised thought patterns. Revised thought patterns shaped memory. I knew, looking at all those words, that memories were there, I just had to rearrange, add, subtract, sit, and sift until I found a way to free the memory.”
― Heavy
― Heavy
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