Shelly

“And I swore it to myself the night Maurice ran away,” Ilyse screamed, terror and fury coursing through her veins, “and I’ll swear it again; no matter what you do, you will never conquer me.”
― Melika Dannese Lux, City of Lights: The Trials and Triumphs of Ilyse Charpentier

“Please understand, I am aware that I am calloused, worn, and rusted in all the parts of me that used to shine, but I still care. My God, I care. And I am trying.”
― Tyler Kent White

“I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them.”
― José Rizal

“The societies kids naturally form are tribal. Gangs, clubs, packs. But we're herded into schools and terrified into behaving. Taught how we're supposed to pretend to be, taught to parrot all kinds of nonsense at the flick of a switch, taught to keep our heads down and our elbows in and shut off our minds and shut off our sex. We learn we can't even piss when we have to. That's how we learn to be plastic and dumb.”
― Marge Piercy, Dance the Eagle to Sleep