“I used to be able to visualise my biological mom and father. But now I...” — Michaela DePrince Quote

“I used to be able to visualise my biological mom and father. But now I don't even know what they look like. And I'm glad. It's a way for me not to hold on to the past.”

“Meeting Winnie Harlow was such a moving experience, because she understands what it means to have other kids stare at you because you are a spotted child.”

“I love TV and movies - anything that can help me stop thinking about dancing for a bit, because it can really take over your mind. It's mentally and physically exhausting.”

“Researchers have been looking for biomarkers of age for a long time and have failed. People sell tests out there to measure your biological age, and none of them work. There's no evidence that you can measure biological age with any reliability.”

“I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.”

“Biological diversity is messy. It walks, it crawls, it swims, it swoops, it buzzes. But extinction is silent, and it has no voice other than our own.”