Audrey

“I love this country because it is my home, and my parents’ home, and my grandparents’ home, and because I was raised to believe in the opportunity and equality America promises, but this does not prevent me from seeing its problems, seeing all the ways it has failed its people again and again.”
― Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

“Life’s not fair, but she doesn’t need it to be fair, because she can take anything life throws at her, and she won’t break.”
― Traci Chee, We Are Not Free

“Words and phrases you think are carved into your bones can disappear in no time.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel