YAZZ - “Privilege is about…”
“Privilege is about context and circumstance.” - p. 68
SHIRLEY - “Her friendship with Amma is based on…”
“Her friendship with Amma is based on a historic loyalty and comfortable familiarity rather than shared interests and perspectives.”
NARRATOR - “Penelope wanted to embrace…”
“Penelope wanted to embrace self-acceptance / getting rid of the full-length mirrors in her home was a good start.” - p. 299
WINSOME on Clovis - “If it was twenty years later […] …”
“If it was twenty years later […] I'd have left him there and then / if it had been thirty years later, I'd have lived with him before marrying him, you see it occurred to me that I didn't really know this man who wanted me to follow him around like a mindless idiot." - p. 231
SHIRLEY - “Neil Armstrong walks on the moon…”
“Neil Armstrong walks on the moon with the caption: one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind / like her / every step she takes will raise these children up, she will leave no child behind” - p. 220