339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It’s why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It’s why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.

Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart.

He had always told her that winners only competed with themselves.

You could only ever see a thing when you were standing outside of it.

If there was one thing she excelled at, it was being her own inner mean girl.

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. – Mexican Proverb.

As hard as it was to hold on to things, it was even harder to let them go.

She was so quiet, but she noticed everything. Her eyes tracked the world like it was a book written in a language she could not understand.

You didn’t realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.