Hecate

“the only thing that helped me breathe was opening a book”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“Your voice is a weapon. Never forget that.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“Rape wounds deeply, splits open
your core with shrapnel.
The stench of the injury attracts maggots
which hatch into clouds of doubt and self-loathing
the dirt you feel inside you nourishes
anxiety, depression, and shame
poisoning your blood, festering
in your brain until you will do anything to stop
feeling the darkness rising within
anything
to stop feeling–

untreated pain
is a cancer of the soul
that can kill you”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six