“Sometimes, the truth comes out in ways you wish it didn’t; all you can do is hope that someday you will be forgiven, that the blemish will be erased from the permanent record known as your soul.”

“There are moments in life that you wish with all your heart you could take back. Like, just erase from existence. Like, if you could, you'd erase yourself right out of existence too, just to make that moment not exist.”

“You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.”

“Someday all you will have to light your way will be a single ray of hope and that will be enough.”

“I watched, hoping she wouldn't come out too broke. It's all you can do for people sometimes, no matter how much you love them.”

“I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them.”