We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.

There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of "What if?" always lingering. What if who I am will never be enough? What if I will never be right enough for someone? - Hunger, a Memoir of (My) Body

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Every character comes from the artist themselves, you create a bit of yourself in everything you write, it’s unavoidable. Some people deny that, but I wouldn’t deny that. But now, I’m interested in much more. I don’t think I’m interesting enough. After all the battles...

Each book I write is a stake, driving into an edge and calling it a heart. Here, I marked a world for a Black trans girl who is loved by her family, who is never hurt. Here, for those who are Nigerian and queer, those beyond gender, you can be held safe. These are the...