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The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. —JAMES BALDWIN, “IN SEARCH OF A MAJORITY”
I’m a boring straight white girl, but I don’t think much about race. (Maybe so. I’m a boring straight white girl so I don’t think much about race.)
even free labor is only worth the cost if you know what you’re doing.
Love does not come from the likelihood it will be requited.
even the illusion of something precious can also be precious.
It is not enough to be loved by your mother. It is a good start, and you wouldn’t want to do without, and it helps, but it is not enough.