“Don't give me no 'but you're beautiful on the inside' bullshit."
"No, you are beautiful on the outside," I say.
"Don't give me that bullshit either. I'm beautiful when I say I'm beautiful. Let me own that shit," she says. Her eyes have not left the computer screen this whole time, but I know she's paying attention to everything I say.
"Okay, then you are ugly."
"Thanks for being honest."
"Seriously. That's what we say in Haiti. 'Nou led, men nou la.' We are ugly, but we are here."
"We are ugly, but we are here," she says, almost whispering. "I hear that.”
― American Street
"No, you are beautiful on the outside," I say.
"Don't give me that bullshit either. I'm beautiful when I say I'm beautiful. Let me own that shit," she says. Her eyes have not left the computer screen this whole time, but I know she's paying attention to everything I say.
"Okay, then you are ugly."
"Thanks for being honest."
"Seriously. That's what we say in Haiti. 'Nou led, men nou la.' We are ugly, but we are here."
"We are ugly, but we are here," she says, almost whispering. "I hear that.”
― American Street
“We held each other in silence for minutes. Hours. Two souls, twining in the dark.”
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
― A Court of Wings and Ruin
“Kreativität ist nichts, was kommt und geht, sie ist immer da.”
― Campus Love: Lauren & Cole
― Campus Love: Lauren & Cole
“Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.”
― Hidden Figures
― Hidden Figures
“Wie konnten wir auf demselben Planeten leben, wenn er sich nicht für alle gleich bewegte?”
― Campus Love: Lauren & Cole
― Campus Love: Lauren & Cole
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