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“It’s art. And it makes people happy. And that’s a very good thing. We have this problem in our culture. We take art that appeals to women—film, books, music—and we undervalue it. We assume it can’t be high art. Especially if it’s not dark and tortured and wailing. And it follows that much of that art is created by other women, and so we undervalue them as well. We wrap it up in a pretty pink package and resist calling it art.”
― Robinne Lee, The Idea of You

“It’s unrealistic to expect to find peace in the arms of someone else if you can’t find it within yourself.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“You don’t stop doing a puzzle when you find two pieces that fit; you build around them, and the whole jigsaw hangs together better.”
― Heather Cocks, The Heir Affair

“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it. Little sparks cause fires, too.”
― Tomasz Jedrowski, Swimming in the Dark