Athena

“No matter how deep your potential, in the end, you become what you give the most attention to.”
― Brianna Wiest, The Pivot Year

“You are not the culmination of what you once were. You can defy the past. You can become what you decide to be.”
― Brianna Wiest, The Pivot Year

“the country cannot become whole until it confronts what was not a chapter in its history, but the basis of its economic and social order. For a quarter millennium, slavery was the country.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

“I believe that each of us carries a bit of inner brightness, something entirely unique and individual. A flame that's worth protecting. When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it. When we learn to foster what's unique in the people around us, we become better able to build compassionate communities and make meaningful change.”
― Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times