Sarah

“Homer whiter than plenty white man, it seem. But nothing make a nigger more black than whip scars. Lilith don’t want none of it.”
― Marlon James, The Book of Night Women

“Around this time—while he’s personally ordering us to take down posts that don’t violate our Community Standards—Mark starts opining publicly about freedom of speech. The day after the Charlie Hebdo attack, where twelve people were murdered, he posts, “This is what we all need to reject—a group of extremists trying to silence the voices and opinions of everyone else around the world. I won’t let that happen on Facebook. I’m committed to building a service where you can speak freely without fear of violence.”
― Sarah Wynn-Williams, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

“Sometimes,” said Phoebe, “people say ‘be kind’ when they just mean ‘shut up.’” The other girls nodded vehemently.”
― Jenny Colgan, The Christmas Bookshop

“My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all moments of its life, even when its broken. People always forget that a rough day, a bad year, doesn’t equal a bad life.”
― Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling