Julie Mina

“He had said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it.”
― John Steinback

“A fool with a tool is still a fool.”
― Abraham Verghese

“America understands itself as God’s handiwork, but the black body is the clearest evidence that America is the work of men.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

“I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real?”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad