“I'm not sure if my cereal is stale or if that's just the way it's supposed to be. And then I started wondering the same thing about my life. And then I thought maybe I should just stop thinking so much and eat my goddamned mini-wheats.”

—William Taylor Jr.

“It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful, I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.”

—Warsan Shire

“Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you don't read, your writing is going to suck.”

—Kim Addonizio; Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within
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