Jaleesa | Reading Beyond the Book Cover > Jaleesa |'s Quotes

“First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.”
― Tara Westover

“A GRUDGE IS A HEAVY THING TO CARRY.”
― Terry McMillan, It's Not All Downhill From Here

“White Americans desire to be free of a past they do not want to remember, while Black Americans remain bound to a past they can never forget.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story