When I left my house every morning, I knew I would have to employ the power within my grasp to survive potential danger. But sometimes there aren’t any spaces where we can be safe. In those instances, we learn to protect ourselves; we learn to build forts. Wands and incantations, ingenuity and prayers, however, were more useful than fists and insults at fourteen. I won the fight against annihilation, by my hands and those of others, by losing myself in my dreams.
powerful passage in Darnell's new book.
