Jonathan Gallo

“Now as then, the tradition of faith that drove Lewis is too often used not to pursue justice but to amass power. Now as then, many white Americans profess to believe the gospel. And now as then, too many are content to accede to religious teachings more in principle than in practice. My aim is to show how John Lewis did both—and if he did both, then perhaps more of us can, too.”
― Jon Meacham, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

“I probably always will love her,” he’d said. “But it was a tough lesson to learn, realizing that I couldn’t wait for her to decide she would love me again. It wasn’t healthy. If I fall in love again, it’ll be with a woman who loves me also—not someone who I have to convince to love me. It’s easier, I think, to love someone you know won’t love you—to chase them, knowing they won’t feel the same way—than to love someone who might love you back. To risk loving each other and losing it all.”
― Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

“when i am afraid to speak is when i speak. that is when it is most important.”
― Nayyirah Waheed, salt.

“A young person should be speaking out for what is fair, what is just, what is right. Speak out for those who have been left out and left behind. That is how the movement goes on.”
― Jon Meacham, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope