Isabel

“It's hard to see who I am when I am lost in what's expected of me.”
― Rachel Gillig, The Knight and the Moth

“That was the way of some men. Their tongues wagged in an imitation of love while their fists dealt pain. I stroked the dagger’s outline at my thigh, thinking about what it might be like to live in a world where women didn’t have to depend on people they feared for safety.”
― Sarah Hawley, Servant of Earth

“I’ve always felt most myself when I’m alone.”
― Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life

“I find myself in this situation often: managing other people’s awkwardness around my grief, my loss.”
― Clare Leslie Hall, Broken Country