CategoryNon-fiction

The scale could only tell you so much; it couldn’t measure heaviness.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

To get free, we had to become something we weren’t.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

I had to learn to love the struggle just like I loved the triumph.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

We all got a job to do, and none of us are finished.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

If we don’t tell our stories, someone else will tell them for us.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

I was taught that silence would save me, but it only made me more invisible.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

We often smash ourselves to fit into places that aren’t meant for us.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

I thought I was changing for them, but I was erasing myself.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy

Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means it no longer controls you.

Kiese Laymon – Heavy