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Katherine Smith
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I guess as two Black kids fleeing a mass shooting, we looked enough like the “types of people.” We had our hoodies on. Our hoods were up. I should’ve known. I should’ve fucking known.
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Katherine Smith
“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Being smart is the worst thing one can be in modern society. All it ever means is more work.”
― The Answer Is No
― The Answer Is No
“failure is a feeling long before it’s an actual result.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“The me I am is not the me I was.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
― Dear Evan Hansen
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