When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you.

It's disappointing to know that someone can see right through you.

Once upon a time there was a girl who wanted to put her fist through a mirror. She would tell everyone it was so that she could see what was on the other side, but really, it was so that she wouldn't have to look at herself. That, and because she thought she might be able to steal a piece of glass when no one was looking, and use it to carve her heart out of her chest.

Who I am, and what I am capable of doing has always managed to surprise me.

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.

This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect.

In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism.