Katrin

“Don't give me no 'but you're beautiful on the inside' bullshit."

"No, you are beautiful on the outside," I say.

"Don't give me that bullshit either. I'm beautiful when I say I'm beautiful. Let me own that shit," she says. Her eyes have not left the computer screen this whole time, but I know she's paying attention to everything I say.

"Okay, then you are ugly."

"Thanks for being honest."

"Seriously. That's what we say in Haiti. 'Nou led, men nou la.' We are ugly, but we are here."

"We are ugly, but we are here," she says, almost whispering. "I hear that.”
― Ibi Zoboi, American Street

“Sometimes a useful delusion is better than a useless truth.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad

“We held each other in silence for minutes. Hours. Two souls, twining in the dark.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Die Zeit heilte gar nichts, sie brachte einem nur bei, damit zu leben.”
― Katharina Mittmann, Campus Love: Lauren & Cole