Elaine

“Some people, no matter what they do, just seem larger, more significant, more confident than others.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“For Sonny, the problem with America wasn’t segregation but the fact that you could not, in fact, segregate.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must always ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there, you begin to get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“From liber, his father has told him. Books. Which comes from the word meaning the inner bark of trees, which comes from the word for to strip, to peel.”
― Celeste Ng, Our Missing Hearts