Maya Wright > Maya's Quotes

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
― Horace Mann

“Don't be trapped in someone else's dream.”
― Taehyung

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
― Coretta Scott King

“Living everyday in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“None of us know if our decisions are right or wrong in the moment. That's why what's important is what you do after a decision. Your effort to make the decision you made correct. Even if the decision you made brings unfavorable results, what can you do from there? Continuing to strive anyway is what's important. If decisions are everything, life is just one big gamble. Believe in what you've decided, Emma. And no matter what results from it, keep going.”
― Kaiu Shirai, 約束のネバーランド 13 [Yakusoku no Neverland 13]

“Apparently, it is too difficult for people—white people—to imagine themselves as embodied by a Black character, but Black children are forced to do the reverse constantly.”
― Danielle Prescod, Token Black Girl