“There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.”

“When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”

“Everyone wants someone they can hold and love. Someone who will be there to help pick up the pieces when everything falls apart. (Acheron)”

“When that piece makes sense, everything else starts to.”

“But you’re everything I want. Remember that. I love you, Lia. Not a title. And not because a piece of paper says I should. Because I do.”

“A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.”

“You can be in love with that piece of paper if you want to, but that piece of paper doesn't love you,…”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“It is not by recognizing the want of courage in someone else that you acquire courage yourself..”

“you can't really know the person standing before you, because always there is some missing piece”