" The thing is, Red...some of us have so many marginalizations, we might drown if we let all the little hurts flood in. So there are those, like me, who filter. I think you've noticed that I filter a lot. It's not some inbuilt shield made of money. It's just something I'm forced to do...And that's not to discount the differences between us that fall in my favor. It's just an explanation. "

― Talia Hibbert , Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)