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

“What does it matter if we lie? When has anything good ever happened in the world just because someone told the truth?”
― Martine Fournier Watson, The Dream Peddler

“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

“Basketball Rule #4

If you miss
enough of life's
free throws
you will pay
in the end.”
― Kwame Alexander, The Crossover