Kenza

“Grief was not a line, carrying you infinitely further from loss. You never knew when you would be sling-shot backward into its grip.”
― Brit Bennett, The Mothers

“whenever possible, you need to go to the primary source to make your decisions. Regardless of whether or not you’re a student, it is never enough to rely on other people’s ideas. You have to look at the thing itself and make up your own mind. That’s what it means to study and to learn. Some secondary sources proclaim their points of view so loudly and with such passion you might be tempted just to take their word for it. You might be tempted not to do the work of checking to see for yourself. But there can be a fine line between obedience and laziness, and if you go through life dutifully taking other people’s word about what’s right, you are putting yourself in the position to be led down some very dark roads. After”
― Ann Patchett, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

“Maybe abortion seemed different when it was just an interesting topic to write a paper about or debate over drinks, when you never imagined it might affect you.”
― Brit Bennett, The Mothers

“Behind every fortune lies a great crime. —HONORÉ DE BALZAC”
― Kevin Kwan, China Rich Girlfriend