“My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had ...” — Hailey Gates Quote

“My parents separated when I was young, and as a result, my father had to learn how to braid our hair on the nights my sisters and I would stay with him. We would arrive to school the next morning with these incredibly endearing lopsided braids he had fashioned. This may have expedited the process of my learning how to braid my own hair.”

“I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.”

“I've never quite understood that feeling: that you arrive in a strange place, yet you want to have nothing but familiar experiences.”

“My dad would arrive periodically, show his face, and go back to Jamaica. Which was weird, because he used to pretend he was the best dad in the world.”

“I used to arrive at Augusta and just used to enjoy the experience. I used to kind of feel like it was a treat to be there, it was a bit of a dream to be there. And I used to walk around just trying to take it all in.”