Bibi

“Everyone’s always on the hunt for a mirror. It’s basic psychology. You want to see yourself reflected in others. Others—your sister, your parents—they want to look at you and see themselves. They want you to be a flattering reflection of them—and vice-versa. It’s normal. I suppose it’s really normal if you’re a twin. But being somebody else’s mirror? That is not your job.” Nora”
― Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, The Nest

“Parents are temporary custodians, keeping watch and offering love and trying to leave the child better than they found him.”
― Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, The Nest

“I am not 'African American' —I am black American.”
― John McWhorter

“We must neither behave as children by resisting honesty, nor allow ourselves to be treated as children by having honesty withheld.”
― John H. McWhorter, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America