Mina

“The need to call this thing “good” and this thing “bad,” this thing “white” and this thing “black,” was an impulse that Effia did not understand. In her village, everything was everything. Everything bore the weight of everything else.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“Because I don’t know whether honesty is better than happiness. Do we sacrifice honesty in order to be happy?”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
― Elie Wiesel

“I am sure you know what an angel is: a soul that returns to this plane to protect the person they died to save.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season