Via

“Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

“Not all men have made women fearful, but yes, all women have experienced fear because of men.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

“And remember,” the voice said, “what is laughter but a moment of release where pain and memory are washed away? When we laugh, we are stronger. When we laugh, we heal the world.”
― Sequoia Nagamatsu, How High We Go in the Dark

“Still, we force ourselves to laugh along with them, knowing our families have cleaned their apartments, picked up their dogs’ shit, raised them and all their siblings.”
― Daphne Palasi Andreades, Brown Girls