Calila Vilas

“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
― Paulo Freire

“a girl comes of age against the knife, Betty, but the woman she becomes must decide if the blade will cut deep enough to rip her apart or if she will find the strength to leap with her arms out and dare herself to fly the world that seems to break like glass around her.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

“It took forever for my body to adjust. Someone told me then-I can't remember who, probably Naima-that although our bodies travel by plane, the soul still makes its way on foot.”
― Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre

“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance