Amy

“She gestured upwards: "The same God that put them stars in the sky didn't do it so he could send you to hell. He holds them up for a reason. He'll wait on you.”
― Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., Gay Poems for Red States

“In America, when you’re a Black man, you’re a boy. It doesn’t matter how old, or how educated. You’re a boy until the day you die. ‘Watch your mouth, boy. Don’t get smart, boy.’ ” He shrugged. “In France I’m a man.” “The Nazis don’t see you as a man.” “There are Nazis everywhere. They just go by different names.”
― Morgan Ryan, A Resistance of Witches

“Failing is an essential part of learning. Each time you're beaten or outmaneuvered, study why, learn the signs - you won't be as easily defeated next time.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Immortal

“Doubt and fear are not the same thing.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River