Lauren

“Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them.”
― Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

“Basketball Rule #5
When
you stop
playing
your game
you've already
lost.”
― Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

“Basketball Rule #10

A loss is inevitable,
like snow in winter.
True champions
learn
to dance
through
the storm.”
― Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

“I don’t believe in epiphanies. I don’t believe in transformative moments, as transformation is harder than a moment. I’ve seen far too many people awash in a genuine desire to change only to lose their mettle when they realized just how difficult change actually is.”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis