avery

“Euryale could barely conceal the odium in her voice. “And their mothers allow you to enslave their children or leave them for dead?” “The mothers must survive in a world where men and gods—and men who think they are gods—limit their choices.” Charmion’s nostrils flared. “To have choices is to have power. Most women have neither.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Medusa's Sisters

“Space might as well be endless. It made her feel inconsequential, in a good way. Like all the ways she fucked up down here didn't matter. The stars wouldn't mind.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Mistakes Were Made

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.”
― Maya Angelou

“He’s a broken man, but he isn’t broken because of me. He was broken before he met me. Sometimes people think if they love a broken person enough, they can be what finally repairs them, but the problem with that is the other person just ends up broken, too.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us