Gabrielle

“You can tell me, I'll help you carry it.”
― SenLinYu, Alchemised

“Terminate all the worker bees, and the queen is left vulnerable and weak.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“What you've forgotten is that the heart beating inside your chest isn't fucking yours," he snarls. "it's mine. And if my heart has stopped working, then pull that trigger, little mouse. Kill the rest of me. I'm nothing if I'm not the reason you breathe.”
― H.D. Carlton, Hunting Adeline

“Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them.
Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life. Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer.
Never take the first. Never take the last. Take only what you need.
Take only that which is given.
Never take more than half. Leave some for others. Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.
Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken. Share.
Give thanks for what you have been given.
Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken.
Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants