Cristel

“Our superpower, I was told since I was a child, was perseverance, the ability to survive no matter how much they took from us. I never understood how surviving was our collective superpower when white folk made sure so many of us didn't survive. And those of us who did survive practiced bending so much that breaking seemed inevitable.”
― Kiese Laymon, Heavy

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr.

“... a surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence. Page 115”
― Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World

“So, here you are
too foreign for home
too foreign for here.
Never enough for both.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada