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To risk death willingly, to venture forth knowing that in so doing you may cease to exist is an unnatural act. To take the life of a fellow human being or to watch your closest comrades die exacts a profound emotional toll.

Racist assumptions of white superiority have been so deeply engrained into the fiber of the society that they infuse the entire functioning of the national subconscious. They are taken for granted and frequently not even recognized.

You don't always control your circumstances, but you can always control your response.

The social effects of colonialism are to degrade and to dehumanize the subjected black man.

“Are you a doctor?”

“Better. I’m a librarian.”

Human ignorance has never needed help.

You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.

Those forced to make impossible choices are rarely loved. If it’s approval and reputation you care about, then you have no place here.

The nice thing about people like Jellybean Man was that I knew exactly where I stood. There was no subtlety, no subterfuge or second-guessing. It was a refreshing change from talking to politicians.

In short, Fahrenheit 451 was never meant to be an instruction manual.

At its best, mutual aid actually produces new ways of living where people get to create systems of care and generosity that address harm and foster well-being.

“Your fear is all too human. Accept it, but as you walk this path, let your hope guide you.”

“And what if hope guides me off the edge of a cliff?”

“I said let hope guide you. I never said stop paying attention to where you’re going.”