Pang Yada

“During my late adolescence, never once did a doctor ask me, while administering an HIV test, if I experienced love or rejection, connection or estrangement. It didn't matter that Billy was beautiful and kind...Humans feel, but subjects report.”
― Darnell L. Moore, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

“thought that acknowledging my errors was the ultimate goal, but naming my wrongs is not the same as working hard to undo them.”
― Darnell L. Moore, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

“i do not say 'good-bye.' i believe that's one of the bullshittiest words ever invented. it's not like you're given the choice to say 'bad-bye' or 'awful-bye' or 'couldn't-care-less-about-you-bye.' every time you leave, it's supposed to be a good one. well, i don't believe in that. i believe against that.”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“I bet you're worried. I was worried. I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them.”
― Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues