Angela Romanelli

“I think our dreams are what sustain us in hard times. Dreams are what keep us childlike. I love that they can grow and expand as we grow and expand.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“[Young people] aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you having your own opinion. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.”
― Anne Frank

“When our country was erupting in protests and marches, asking for the end of injustice against African American men and women, I was somewhat chastised by many of my followers for not speaking out against systemic racism.

That was the first time it really occurred to me that I had a voice on this new platform.

I had a strong voice. A voice that people wanted to hear...There is an old Southern expression: "I don't got a dog in that fight." But I immediately realized that was never going to be the case when it comes to standing up to racial injustice. We all "got a dog in that fight.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

“Our parents did the best they could with the light they had to see with.”
― Leslie Jordan, How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived