Jenny Ouseph

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

“Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it”
― James Baldwin

“Lucky implies I didn’t do anything. Lucky implies something was given to me. Lucky implies that I was handed something I did not earn, that I did not work hard for. Gentle reader, may you never be lucky. I am not lucky. You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard. Don’t call me lucky. Call me a badass.”
― Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
― Georgia O'Keeffe