Crystal Douglas

“He lifts my chin to meet his eyes and whispers in my ear, “Sneaky, yes, but we both know there’s nothing little about me, Parker.” ”
― Lauren Lacey, Love You, Always

“But in my haze, I feel like somehow this is where we were both meant to be, what we were both meant to do. Some inevitable conclusion. I want to memorize five senses’ worth of data to inject into every poem I write for the rest of my life.”
― Katie Naymon, You Between the Lines

“Look at you. Look at how perfect you are under me.”
― Jade Presley, The Never List

“The conquests of England, every single one of them bloody, are part of what Americans have in mind when they speak of England’s glory. In the United States, violence and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks, and the only way to defeat Malcolm’s point is to concede it and then ask oneself why this is so.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time