writing that speaks to me
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Audre Lorde
“The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame. It is always present, waiting for the spark to ignite, waiting for the heart to awaken and call us back to the first memory of being the life force inside a dark place waiting to be born-waiting to see the light.”
bell hooks
“Refuse to bow to the status quo just because others have chosen to limit their imaginations for liberation.
Cole Arthur Riley
There are systems and powers that have everything to gain from our complacency. Resist adaptation.”
“And I cried… For all the women who stretched thier bodies for civilizations, only to find ruins.”
Sonia Sanchez
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
James Baldwin
Sam Luzentales-Simpson 