"Such a Fun Age" Quotes
A young black woman's life becomes entangled with her wealthy employer's after a racially charged incident, prompting both women to confront their own biases and assumptions.
fiction | 310 pages | Published in 2019
Quotes
But you can't love someone back to life.
Because you can't change the way people feel, and you can't make them feel what you feel.
The thing I hate most in the world is people who assume you're just like them.
I don't need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like... happens.
It's about wanting to be the best part of someone's life, and about someone being the best part of yours.
It's not like it's a different thing. It's just more of the thing that's already there.
I just think sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
I just don't know what to do with people saying that I'm brave for doing things that feel like the right thing to do.
It's not about who you know. It's about who you want to know.
I'm not trying to be a martyr. I'm just trying to be a person.
