Monica

“To God, everyone is different but no one is special. You're not special for being straight. Or gay. Or male. Or cis. Or trans. Or asexual. Or married. Or sexually prodigious. Or a virgin. We all have the same God who placed the same image and likeness within us and entrusted us imperfect human beings with such mind blowing things as sexuality and creativity and the ability as individuals to love and be loved as we are.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good

“-Hija mía, eres joven, tienes toda la vida por delante. Lee. Olvida lo que te hayan dicho sobre los libros, y lee.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“I know the importance of education because my pens and books were taken from me by force,”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“[...]education will give you a sense of the world's scope, of its wonders, of its many and varied ways of life.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow