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“One must be without error out here. Walk in a single file. Work quietly. Pack an extra number 2 pencil. Make no mistakes. But you are human and you will make mistakes. You will misjudge. You will yell. You will drink too much. You will hang out with people you shouldn't. Not all of us can always be Jackie Robinson - not even Jackie Robinson was always Jackie Robinson. But the price of error is higher is higher for you than it is for your countrymen, and so that America might justify itself, the story of a black body's destruction must always begin with his or her error, real or imagined...”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

“He's like a deer; I don't want to make any sudden movements and startle his thoughts away.”
― Sandy Hall, A Little Something Different

“It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide.”
― V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

“I need more people in my life who question me, who challenge me, who can admit I have faults.”
― Sara Raasch, Ice Like Fire