Mads

“Birthright citizenship remains an eloquent statement about the nature of American society and a repudiation of a long history of equating citizenship with whiteness.”
― Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Seagull Sixth Edition)

“the experience has shown me that this story of mine isn’t apolitical. Politics is in all our living rooms. It’s around our kitchen tables and in our mailboxes.”
― Chasten Glezman Buttigieg, I Have Something to Tell You

“What do you like?” Leven asked. “That’s easy. Twigs, toothpaste, anything that shines, food that is served in the shape of another food, your reflection, trap doors, misshapen dice, banana flavoring but not actual bananas, pants that have lots of pockets, friendly looking stuffed animals . . . should I go on?”
― Obert Skye, Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want

“There’s nothing wrong with someone’s saving my life, I’ve realized, especially when I can’t trust myself to get the job done right. People need people. That’s that.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me