Mady Grace Cooper

“Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With my knives.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

“The world breaks little girls. It stomps out our will, our joy, our curiosity—and replaces them with disdain, cynicism, and the need to fit into neat and tiny boxes. I learned that young, in kindergarten, when the other kids called Stella a show-off for raising her hand during class, or when the boys in first grade said I was bossy for leading a reading circle. When Stella and I would overhear the other moms at the Elite Youth Runner’s Club: The Steckler sisters are just a little much. That’s how we were described while the boys were sprinting around the playground kicking and screaming, breaking and biting. The world doesn’t celebrate girls who take up space, who demand to be heard, who are just a little much.”
― Jessica Goodman, They'll Never Catch Us

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“The entitled assholes of the world are sustained by girls who forgive too easily.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow