💬 Quotes

"Monsters are made, not born. And sometimes, they are made out of nothing but broken hearts."

"There is a difference between being forgotten and being erased. One is a tragedy, the other is an act of war."

"We are the sum of our ghosts, the shadows cast by the lives we didn’t lead and the people we couldn’t save."

"I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that."

"In this country, people don't talk like that. But of course, in the Congo, everyone lives that way. There, not a single person tells the truth. They lie all day long. They begin at seven in the morning and keep on until sunset."

"It’s a very good thing that policemen don’t grow on trees."

"Things are going to be so much fun that you'll wish you'd been born a thousand years ago."

"Oh, what a life! I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."

"But of course, if you’re strong, you have to be especially kind. And you are, Pippi."

"If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat."

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning."

"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom."

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it."

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse that they will tremble at my name."

"Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It’s disgusting, and I can’t stop."

"By you, I am forever undone."

"Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to."

"I was not made to be subtle. I was made to be a sword."