Michelle

“Better? I say, in a small voice. How can he think this is better?

Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“You examine me, Miss Eyre", said he. "Do you think me handsome?"
I should have deliberated, have replied to this question by something conventionally vague and polite; but the answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I was aware: "No, sir.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Just because you can't imagine something doesn't mean you can't do it.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence