Raven Blocker-Smith

“I've never wanted a quiet life.”
― Lydia Cacho

“I guess you could call it a "failure", but I prefer the term "learning experience".”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“I'm not such an idiot that I don't realize that if a man calls me a nigger it's his fault the first time, but mine if he has the opportunity to do it again.”
― Nella Larsen, Passing

“Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone. They think talking about a problem will solve it. I come from a quieter generation. We understand the value of forgetting, the lure of reinvention.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale