Kelly

“Her stance was wobbly and unrefined, as though she had given someone else permission to wear her skin. That's when I knew she was forever caught in her own undercurrent, bouncing from one deep swell to the next. She would never lift me out of that sea. She would never pause to fill her lungs with air. Soon the world would yank her chain of sadness against every shore, every rock, every glass-filled beach, leaving nothing but the broken hull of a drowned woman.”
― Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

“Whenever I picture those faraway states...I think of white people and dead witches" Ana laughs and watches as Colleen's eyes narrow in confusion. "Kidding.”
― Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

“...but as extra credit, I often ask a question related to Native Americans.”
― Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

“And you, my baby," my grandmother would say years later, "are the reason nice girls don't sit in cars with boys.”
― Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina