Amy Peavy

“...for without contrasts, how does one appreciate the different forms that joy can take?”
― N.K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived, and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. . . . We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. —JOHN F. KENNEDY, Commencement Address at Yale University, delivered June 11, 1962”
― Amber Scorah, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

“Almost always we are all experiencing the same problems as everyone else,” said Josie, “and pretending we don’t so that every one of us thinks we are alone.”
― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale

“The land of dreams. Where men and women in white hoods roam the streets to murder Black folks. Where written laws prohibit the Chinese from stepping upon its shores. Where immigrant children are separated from immigrant mothers on Ellis Island, never to be seen again.”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights