Jennifer Lucking

“I wasn't unnatural after all; the cultural attitude that taught me was the real abomination. My body, I realized, was an opportunity. It was political. It moved the world just by existing. What a gift.”
― Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman

“I've heard all kinds of explanations from Christian apologists for why the Bible includes such harsh laws about women: that the laws were progressive in comparison to the surrounding culture, that they were designed to protect women from exploitation, that they weren't strictly observed anyway. These are useful insights, I suppose, but sometimes I wish these apologists wouldn't be in such a hurry to explain these troubling texts away, that they would allow themselves to be bothered by them now and then.”
― Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

“Legacy. What is a legacy?
It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”
― hamilton musical

“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage