Christine Andersen

“I bear a hell within me," Black Tom growled. "And finding myself unsympathized with, wished to tear up the trees, spread havoc and destruction around me, and then to have sat down and enjoyed the ruin.”
― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

“When you hit a wall, just kick it in.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“Be careful. Please. The border…The fucking border.” I feel a wildness spreading through me. “It’s nothing but a giant wound, a big gash between the two countries. Why does it have to be like that? I don’t understand. It’s just some random, stupid line. How can anyone tell people where they can and can’t go?”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

“You can’t choose blindness when it suits you. Not anymore.”
― Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom