Msgadget

“Fundamentally gangs are a consequence of lawlessness, not a cause.”
― Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

“When he's within loving distance of her arms she grabs hold of his neck. In his ear she exhales. One breath. One syllable. She whispers his name, his father's first initial. On the stairs she's two steps taller than he is and it something, he feels, to look up to this woman, to be held up by his wife.”
― Attica Locke, Black Water Rising

“I wonder why we always feel disdain for our old selves...We should feel thankful. We should appreciate the people we used to be rather than being ashamed of them.”
― Anne Frasier, The Body Reader

“Some may argue that we shouldn't shelter our children. We should let them see and experience the sins that are all around us. By keeping the children unaware, they say, we are preventing the development of their defenses. I disagreed. We have our whole lives to experience the ugliness, our whole lives to grapple with society's misplaced priorities. Trying to give a child a childhood was nothing to be ashamed of.”
― J.D. Trafford, Little Boy Lost