Natalee Nassar

“Justice work is complex and imperfect and incremental, built on past victories and by seeing the best intentions in one another. Every step counts.”
― Precious Brady-Davis, I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir

“As we drove away, I asked Dariush whether it was not a relief that under Khatami, such run-ins happened a couple times a year, instead of every weekend. He gave me a searching look. “However infrequent, I do not find any consolation in the fact that my fate is determined by the whim of an armed sixteen-year-old.”
― Azadeh Moaveni, Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran

“Life is sometimes using a knife to comb your hair, because absolutely nothing else works, and life always finds a way through.”
― Meg Elison, Find Layla

“Is there anywhere that you feel like you can be your full self?” I ask. “No!” she yells, slapping the table and laughing. It’s a huge, contagious laugh, and it cuts through the noise of the bar. A few college kids look over at us. “Never! I don’t think I’ve ever been my full self anywhere. I don’t even think that’s a thing.”
― Melissa Faliveno, Tomboyland: Essays