“From my mother, I learned that beauty was armor. From my teenage friends, I learned that femininity was junk. They were both right.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Our female friends, the close ones, are the mini-breaks we take from the totalitarian work it requires to keep up the performance of being female.”
― A Certain Hunger
― A Certain Hunger
“I don't know, it's like I look at you and suddenly the sonnets makes sense. The good ones, anyway.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger.
'No, and if he were I would burn my library.”
― Much Ado About Nothing
'No, and if he were I would burn my library.”
― Much Ado About Nothing
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