3 Quotes by Camille Pagán

She beamed at me. "You're such a smart girl, Annie."I thanked her, because even though I think intelligence is mostly a construct made of curiosity, opportunity, and plain old hard work, sometimes it is the thought that counts.

In third grade, Zoe announced that she thought it was "weird" that I didn't have a job like some of her friends' mothers. Little had changed over the years; she seemed unable to comprehend that willfully derailing oneself from a career-oriented track was not synonymous with being incompetent, unconfident, and unfulfilled.

But then my lower lip started trembling and a fog of sadness rose through my chest and head, emerging as tears.