“She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother is so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
“Let me continue the Sisyphean task of expanding your vocabulary. One feels empathy when one has been there; sympathy when one has not.”
― Jason Matthews, Palace of Treason
"As he slowly drifted off to sleep, I would like to think that the scent from that tree triggered a picture. If so, then the last thing in 21’s mind as he lost consciousness for the final time was an image of 42.” - Rick McIntyre: The Reign of Wolf 21 #Bookrecommendations
“If you ask me, the kryptonite for all humanity is bigotry, prejudice, us against them. Well-intended people blinded by rivalry and ambition or love and the bonds of blood. Overpowering and being the decider of who’s in and who’s out.” - Patricia Cornwell, Quantum
"Learn to say no. And when you do, don’t complain and don’t explain. Every excuse you make is like an invitation to ask you again in a different way.” ― @corrigankelly in 'Tell Me More' https://t.co/G98n6Y3qKA #HappyBirthday
“This extraordinary story you hold in your hands was specifically intended as “an experiment in the removal of all racial codes from a narrative about two characters of different races for whom racial identity is crucial.”
― Toni Morrison, Recitatif: A Story