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“We deserve to have our wrongdoing represented as much as our heroism, because when we refuse wrongdoing as a possibility for a group of people, we refuse their humanity.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

“It felt like there was a whole world living inside her. I didn't know anything about that world.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“For me, finding hope is not some philosophical exercise or sentimental notion; it is a prerequisite for my survival.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe