Wearing black Quote by Spencer Baum

“It occurred to her one night that she was one of the vengeful monsters they were scared of: She had killed a white boy.…

— Colson Whitehead

“She was not willing to let others narrate her life and her death. While there is one person like her in this world, I…

— Ariel Dorfman

“But for reasons she would never be able to articulate to anyone, herself included, she took a few steps more into the despairing darkness…

— Casey Fisher

“There were other times when she was so shattered by ideas that she could do nothing worth while; when they trampled over her like…

— Willa Cather

“she thought of the mix of kids in her class and in Melissa’s and she knew that the future could be bright. No one…

— Dixie Dawn Miller Goode

“She knew nothing of the massacre that went on around her, but when she released the wail of a broken hearted mother, one man…

— Elizabeth Bourgeret

“Death had to take her little by little, bit by bit, dragging her along to the bitter end of the miserable existence she'd made…

— Émile Zola

“Looking out over the mezzanine to the endless shelves below, the girl couldn’t help but smile. She’d grown up inside books. No matter how…

— Jay Kristoff

“Yet her father had taught her that failing to act in the face of human suffering is inhuman.”

— Corban Addison

“Life was brutal for her. She hated the heat and the dust—the lack of friendship and lack of respect from other women who knew…

— Brian Arthur Levene

“The Victim was a chronic fuck-up. People Like her always seemed to hang out with The Poisonous Cunt. In turn, she kept their self-esteem…

— Irvine Welsh

“She empathized with those who were true victims but, in her own case, she rejected victimhood. The details of life and the amusement that…

— Jonathan Kozol