Cortnee Kelly

“We all, rich and poor alike, need to give our souls an airing once in a while. What both men and women, tired or idle, do want is to be genuinely moved and stirred, either to laughter or to tears, in short, to be lifted out of the rut and routine of their daily life and thoughts.”
― Rachel Cockerell, Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

“always decide who your enemies are for yourself, and never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“praying for God to remove from me any desire to win. I was praying for Him to help me remember that His glory and His will were all that mattered.”
― Charles M. Blow, Fire Shut Up in My Bones

“What most distinguishes white American evangelicals from other Christians, other religious groups, and nonbelievers is not theology but politics,” writes Seth Dowland, associate professor of religion at Pacific Lutheran University and author of Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right. “Over the course of the 20th century, the evangelical coalition entwined theology, whiteness, and conservative politics…. To identify as evangelical in the early 21st century signals commitments to gun rights, the abolition of legal abortion, and low taxes.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents