Darcy

“Don't belittle your accomplishments, tiny one - the world will try to do that for you every chance it gets. Stand up strong and do what you know is best, even if no one else is standing beside you.”
― Kwame Mbalia, The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories about Mythic Heroes

“Bigotry wore a lot of different faces—she knew that well, even though she hadn’t started seventh grade yet.”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

“The written word is power. It can change worlds.”
― J.C. Cervantes

“If you think my candles and cards are responsible for all the prejudice against Latinx people in this world, Paola Santiago, you have a lot more to learn about the people in it,”
― Tehlor Kay Mejia, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears