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Margaret Atwood
“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

Edwidge Danticat
“...women, brave as stars at dawn”
Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory

Maya Angelou
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

Ishmael Beah
“Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. ”
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Warsan Shire
“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.”
Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

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