McKenzie

“Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.”
― Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings

“He said, "Dance for me," and he said,
"You are too beautiful for the wind
To pick at, or the sun to burn." He said,
"I'm a poor tattered thing, but not unkind
To the sad dancer and the dancing dead.”
― Sidney Keyes

“What does a monster look like? Jam asked.

Her mother focused on her, cupping her cheek in a chalky hand. "Monsters don't look like anything, doux-doux. That's the whole point. That's the whole problem.”
― Akwaeke Emezi, Pet

“He often referred to the female gender in plural form, as if they did not exist except in batches.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance