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“In the tales, she has no name, like too many women in stories of old.”
― Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night

“Because I want to know! Sometimes, you can use what you know, but that's not what counts most. I want to know everything there is to know. Not because it's any use, but for the pleasure of knowing, and now I demand that you teach me everything you know, even if I will never be able to use it.”
― Jacqueline Harpman, I Who Have Never Known Men

“I am not Abitha. Abitha was murdered. I am the witch, and the witch cares not for your tears.”
― Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

“Sometimes I think," she said slowly, "that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn't make it past noon.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry