Melanie

“Console the failure, but nurture the hunger.”
― Bryan Cranston, A Life in Parts

“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says ‘We’re the same.’ A language barrier says ‘We’re different.’ The architects of apartheid understood this. Part of the effort to divide black people was to make sure we were separated not just physically but by language as well…The great thing about language is that you can just as easily use it to do the opposite: convince people that they are the same. Racism teaches us that we are different because of the color of our skin. But because racism is stupid, it’s easily tricked.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“As a kid I understood that people were different colors, but in my head white and black and brown were like types of chocolate. Dad was the white chocolate, mom was the dark chocolate, and I was the milk chocolate. But we were all just chocolate.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“Because it’s human nature to hope for impossible things.”
― Sophie Kinsella, My Not So Perfect Life