Abby

“We wanted to be girls forever. As girls we felt we had power. We were strong and fierce and sure of ourselves. Somehow, as we made our entrance into the realm of young womanhood, we began to lose power.”
― bell hooks, Communion: The Female Search for Love

“This is the end. But, dear God, what shall I do with this desire to love?”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“I started to walk around the room, dazed with pain. I had no idea what to do with myself. I couldn’t imagine how I was going to dispose of my body in space and time, every minute of every day, for the rest of my life. I didn’t understand how he was okay with never seeing me again,”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

“A woman who desired something more was a demon destroyer, crazy and castrating.”
― bell hooks, Communion: The Female Search for Love