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“I'd thought, for so long, that this pain I clenched every day in my fist would be my sole possession, all I ever carried for the rest of my life. I'd forgotten I had two hands.”
― An Emotion of Great Delight
― An Emotion of Great Delight
“We were salt and sand and sea and storm.”
― Namesake
― Namesake
“We need to stop perceiving feminine emotionality as weak and deceitful when it is the most constructive way forward in days of crisis.”
― When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
― When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
“Pain doesn’t get easier. You just have to get stronger.”
― Six Crimson Cranes
― Six Crimson Cranes
“When you have lived a life as long as mine, you come to understand that all gods, and all stories, are different names for the same thing. Beneath it all, there is one god with many faces, but always one god. There is one story with many variations, but always the same ending.”
― The Lost Queen
― The Lost Queen
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