". . .there's no such thing as someone else's children."
-Omar El Akkad
#reading #2025books #fivestarreads

"A sister is someone you fight with
and fight for."

-Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping
#weekendread #saturdaysunrise #booksforever

"...that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
-Lincoln's Gettsyburg Address
#parks #schools #socialsecurity #medicaid #medicare #science #balanceofpower #freespeach #facts #respect #equality

so relatable. The rush of leaving on a Friday.

and anti-library

"It will go back to being the old party?" I can hear Putin laughing.

a long, long time ago....
#history #leadership

The first viola of spring always surprises me. One day the snow melts, and you find that, underneath, this tough little flower has been growing.
#rebel #resistance #springinct

#resistance #freespeach #billofrights

YeS. It's a constant challenge.
LONG LIVE LONG FORM

"The men were very much fatigued and faint, having had nothing to eat for forty-eight hours...the Colonel, putting his hand into his coat pocket, took out a piece of an ear of Indian corn, burnt as black as coal, ‘Here,’ said he to the man complaining, ‘eat this and be a soldier.'" #history #memoir

#Ukrainianview #dailyquote #resisters