This Book Won't Burn Quotes

“Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Reading is dangerous because it shows us the truth. Words give us power; that’s why some adults want to silence us.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“The cruel act of not being loved back by the person you love the most burns like white-hot phosphorus.
Maybe it’s not that there was no love, just
not enough. Maybe they loved themselves more than they loved you. They might’ve promised they’d walk through fire for you, and you realized too late that they were the one lighting the match.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Liberty Moms and Dads say they’re trying to protect students. But we don’t need protection from ideas in books, from stories of love or rebellion or the brutal realities of American history. We need protection from fascism and censorship and bigotry.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“The less you know, the easier you are to trick and manipulate.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Hope is an act, not just a feeling. Hope is a choice. So are hate and cynicism and silence.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“It's a choice to be silent as much as it's a choice to speak out. To roar.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Fascism wins when we let others manipulate the truth. When we accommodate their lies. When we are silent.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“My parents believe that you can tell your own kids what to read, but you don’t have the right to decide what other people’s kids can read.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“All it takes…is for good people to stay silent and do nothing.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Is that what mourning is? The hole ripped through you by something—someone you thought would be in your life forever? I don't know. There are different types of loss, I guess. And they all carry their own weight, as though the earth has a special gravity for every individual loss.

If loss has weight, then I guess joy is the ballast. The counterweight, the lightness that lifts you up. Maybe it's love. Maybe it's hope. Maybe a person needs to hold on to all those things so the grief doesn't sink you.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“If people are this angry that you're reading books, then you're probably doing something right.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“You get it that it's a privilege not to have to talk about politics, right?”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“The cruel act of not being loved back by the person you love the most burns like white-hot phosphorus. Maybe it’s not that there was no love, just not enough. Maybe they loved themselves more than they loved you. They might’ve promised they’d walk through fire for you, and you realized too late that they were the one lighting the match.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Some scars never ever go away. Some scars remind you that you let yourself get burned. Some scars remind you that pain is a constant companion.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

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― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn

“Holy crap, there's going to be a middle-aged parent fistfight at a school board meeting. About books. And they complain about kids being immature and overly emotional.”
― Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn