Maria Dellaporta

“One of racism’s harms is the way it falls on the unexceptional Black person who is asked to be extraordinary just to survive—and, even worse, the Black screwup who faces the abyss after one error, while the White screwup is handed second chances and empathy. This shouldn't be surprising: One of the fundamental values of racism to White people is that it makes success attainable for even unexceptional Whites, while success, even moderate success, is usually reserved for extraordinary Black people.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

“There's is something about a fight that makes you forget your troubles. Mainly it's that all your troubles are suddenly very small in the face of new problems swinging your way with sharp edges on them”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“Και τη θυρωρίνα που επιστρατευτηκε λόγω της ημέρας και κάθεται μουτρωμένη και βγάζει τα αλουμινόχαρτα απο τις μπόμπες με τη σαλάτα (που είναι οτι ειδεχθέστερο, γιατί τρως τη σαλάτα και μετά χαμογελάς πλατιά και σου κρέμεται το μαρούλι απο τον κυνόδοντα και όλοι το κοιτάζουν, αλλά κανένας δεν έχει το θάρρος να σου το πεί. Και μετά πηγαίνεις στο σπίτι και πας να πλυθείς, ανακαλύπτεις το μαρούλι και κόβεις τις φλέβες σου απο ντροπή.”
― Έλενα Ακρίτα, Η Έλενα στη χώρα των θαυμάτων

“We forgot about them, but they never forgot about us. They always knew that somewhere out there they had competition, strange and soft and walking on two legs and defenseless in the water. Most of all, they never forgot that we were delicious.”
― Mira Grant, Into the Drowning Deep