Sylvia Rivera

"Motivation comes from seeing your community liberated."

"Inspiration is seeing someone make it when odds are against them."

"Relationships survive when people show up with the truth."

"Solitude teaches you who you are without anyone watching."

"Patience is learned through waiting for justice that never comes."

"Peace requires dismantling systems that profit from suffering."

"Nature reminds us there's beauty beyond what people can destroy."

"Music is where the soul speaks when words aren't enough."

"Faith in revolution is what carried me through."

"The most beautiful things I've seen came from human kindness."

"Death teaches you to live fiercely while you can."

"Perseverance is refusing to become what they want you to be."

"I'm grateful for the ancestors who fought before me."

"Creativity blooms even in the cracks of broken systems."

"Justice means revolution, not just reform."

"Success is being alive and still fighting for what's right."

"Happiness is a moment of safety in a dangerous world."

"Wisdom is knowing that you will never know everything."

"We as trans people, we as street queens, we need to have each other's backs."

"I didn't have nobody to talk to about my problems, so I just kept it all inside."

"The revolution starts within yourself, in your own community."

"We need to work together to survive in this world."

"I've always been a street person, that's where I belong."

"Don't let anyone tell you who you are - you define yourself."

"Life is about finding your tribe and standing with them."

"The streets raised me, and I'm grateful for that education."

"We must fight for those who can't fight for themselves."

"Survival is an act of resistance."

"I never wanted pity, I wanted power."

"The queer community needs to remember where we came from."