Abby

“Art is not one great act of creation, but many small ones. When you read one of my poems, you fail to see the weeks of careful work it took me to build it--the thinking, the scratched-out words, the pages I burned in disgust. All you see, in the end, is what I want you to see.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“You were challenged beyond the bounds of what could be done, and found a path to make it true.”
― Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver

“Be righteous and faithful when no one is watching.”
― Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

“Uniformity is not unity. Silence is not peace.”
― Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer