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“All my life, I kept waiting for things to get better. For the bright promise of mañana. But a funny thing happened while I was waiting for the world to change, Chabele: It didn't. Because I didn't change it.”
― Alan Gratz, Refugee

“...I realize that Toni and I feel the same way about things. That we've both changed. That we're tired of having the world push us into places we don't want to be. That we're both scared of losing love that maybe we never had to begin with. That we can have whatever we want in our lives; it's only a matter of deciding. But Toni and I don't have to do it alone. We have each other." -Carley”
― Lynda Mullaly Hunt, One for the Murphys

“Since life isn’t fair, it’s often up to us to balance it out.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus

“Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they’ve got to do.”
― Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus