“You must remember, mijo, even people who were once your sails can become your anchors.”
― Olga Dies Dreaming
― Olga Dies Dreaming
“I idealize you in fiction because I idealized you in real life,” he continued.”
― Seven Days in June
― Seven Days in June
“In my experience, white people are the only ones who purport to advance equality through the erasure or rejection of marginalized people’s identities, which signals to me that they have fooled themselves into believing that they are “unraced.” This belief is false, because it is based on the idea that whiteness is the human standard and that furthermore, by virtue of them being white, they are the arbiters of humanity.”
― This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
― This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
“And years later, this would be exactly how I understood love: thrilling and terrifying, tears and laughter and then tears again. Love, I learned, could destroy you.”
― Ordinary Girls
― Ordinary Girls
“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
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