Lisa Lucas Quotes

• There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable activity from a very young age.

  Lisa Lucas

  Book, Reading, House

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• For a long time, I worked in film and theater, but reading started when I was much younger. I was always a reader.

  Lisa Lucas

  Reading, Long, Film

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• There are moments where we don't understand the world we live in - where we don't understand our own lives, our sadness or our joy.

  Lisa Lucas

  Sadness, Joy, World

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to feel feelings we wouldn't otherwise feel and to understand feelings that we don't have a framework for.

  Lisa Lucas

  Book, Feelings, World

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• Learning from books is so empowering - whether it be from history, a novel or a poem. When you come away from reading having learned something, you yourself are bigger.

  Lisa Lucas

  Book, Reading, Empowering

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• I believe we should be championing the work of women. I believe we should be championing the work of people who have been marginalized. That's who I am. How can I not believe in that?

  Lisa Lucas

  Believe, Who I Am, People

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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• I have always championed the concept of administrators of color. My mother worked in advertising, and growing up, I saw my mother's community of women working behind the scenes. I had the opportunity from a young age to know that I could do this work.

  Lisa Lucas

  Mother, Growing Up, Opportunity

  "A Lifelong Lover of Books Breaks Ground Atop the Literary World". Interview with Hope Wabuke, www.theroot.com. February 27, 2016.

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