Sara DF

“In the quiet of night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive.”
― Samira Ahmed, Internment

“Here’s one thing I know for sure, though. I know that the day I raise my right hand and take the oath to be president of the United States, the world will start looking at America differently. I know that kids all around this country—Black kids, Hispanic kids, kids who don’t fit in—they’ll see themselves differently, too, their horizons lifted, their possibilities expanded. And that alone…that would be worth it.”
― Barack Obama, A Promised Land

“you could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.”
― Barack Obama, A Promised Land

“The confidence is a mask, like some of the lies we tell to make it through the day.”
― Samira Ahmed, Internment