298 Quotes About Black-lives-matter

...paradise is a world where everythingis a sanctuary & nothing is a gun...

Children of Blood and Bone was written during a time where I kept turning on the news and seeing stories of unarmed black men, women, and children being shot by the police. I felt afraid and angry and helpless, but this book was the one thing that made me feel like I could do something about it. I told myself that if just one person could read it and have their hearts or minds changed, then I would've done something meaningful against a problem that often feels so much bigger than myself.

I think the point is to be as true to our convictions about the preciousness of life as we can be, to continually fail and fall down at times, and then to bounce back better than before. It’s not a problem to be solved but rather a process to discover within. And we do this in the name of love,that which is also known as justice.

The fear of offense is a really small price to pay for freedom.

Silence is the language of realization, action is the language of revolution.

Change does not occur without backlash--at least any change worth having--and that backlash is an indicator that the change is so powerful that the opposing forces resist that change with everything they have.

And with truth & justice we can rewrite those lines of history with hope.

If the goal is freedom, be prepared to fight battles you didn't ask for. If the goal is authenticity, be prepared to confront shame that wasn't yours to carry.

Whether it's forced or invited, change is inevitable.