Atalhea

“You've picked the path you want. And I will always respect that. It's your path to walk, not mine to criticize.”
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― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain

“It's a book that is set over 160 year ago. A lot has changed. A lot hasn't. We are only just beginning to appreciate exactly how a person's powerlessness may lead to struggles with their mental health. With our understanding, statics showing higher rates of mental illness in women, people of color and other disenfranchised groups become translated into truth. NOT a biological deficiency as doctors first thought. But a cultural creation that, if wanted to, we could do something about.”
― Kate Moore, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

“Women are supposed to be competent at everything, but experts at nothing. Haven't you heard?”
― Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven

“But I can’t pick and choose what aspects of a person I want and make a new person for myself. That’s not how it works.”
― Rebecca Schaeffer, Only Ashes Remain