Sasha (bahareads)

“Both Papá and Mamá had wished to be angry, had wished to ask and answer questions of each other, but silence was peace, and Rosa was beginning to understand that perhaps for every marriage this must be both true and necessary.”
― Lauren Francis-Sharma, Book of the Little Axe

“Parents always think they have to talk to their daughters about guys. We shouldn’t wear short skirts and shouldn’t go out alone and shouldn’t get drunk and shouldn’t let guys like us too much. But you don’t have to talk to us about guys because we already know all that, for fuck’s sake, because we’re the ones they rape!! Talk to your damn sons instead!!! Teach them to talk to one another and teach them to stop one another. Raise just one fucking boy somewhere who can become a head teacher who understands that when boys pull girls by the hair, it’s the fucking boys there’s something wrong with. Tell your sons that if they have to THINK about whether or not they’ve had sex with a girl who didn’t want it, then they HAVE!!! If you can’t understand if the girl you’re having sex with wants it or not, then you’ve never had fucking sex with a girl who wants it. Stop telling your daughters. We already know it all.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners

“I ask you: Who is more triumphant than black people? Who walking the earth has been more triumphant than the children of the sun?”
― Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited

“Beginning with breath,” Ma had said. “Listen for it, capture it, fight to control it; direct Breath, and the heart and mind will follow.”
― Lauren Francis-Sharma, Book of the Little Axe