“Everything we need is right here. Everything we are is enough.”

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig

“How does a government steal a child and then imprison him? How does it keep that a secret? This book is how.”

My Name Is Why

Lemn Sissay

“I was a man, that much was clear. But, years after I became one, I still wondered what, exactly, that meant.”

Amateur

Thomas Page McBee

“So there I lie on the plateau, under me the central core of fire from which was thrust this grumbling grinding mass of plutonic rock”

The Living Mountain

Nan Shepherd

“The only difference between a medicine and a poison is the dosage.”

The Way of All Flesh

Ambrose Parry

“Twelve. That was the year that I learned that being Black and poor defined me more than being bright and hopeful and ready.”

When They Call You a Terrorist

Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha bandele