Phobean

“We have big, beautiful brains. We invent things that fly. Fly. We write poetry. You probably hate poetry, but it’s hard to argue with ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate’ in terms of sheer beauty. We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star

“It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library.”
― Kelly Yang, Front Desk

“Meanwhile, life in a globalized world increasingly calls on us to communicate across difference in a rapidly evolving conversation about history, coexistence, exploitation, redress, and the legacies of systemic racism and White supremacy.”
― Liz Lerman, Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process® in Theory and Action

“People are always asking me about how to do CRP faster. I’ve learned from Cristóbal to say: “No . . . do it slower, it’s not transactional. It is ceremony. It is human. It is relational.”
― Liz Lerman, Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process® in Theory and Action