Vertie Farrier

“In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf”
― Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

“We Gypsies know that where Jews are killed, Gypsies are always murthered too. And then a lot of other people, usually.”
― Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian

“I don't know how many marriage breakups are caused by these movie-and television-addicted women expecting some bouquets and kissing and hugging and being swept out like Cinderella for dinner and dancing -- then getting mad when a poor, scraggly husband comes in tired and sweaty from working like a dog all day, looking for some food.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“A Muslim woman must not feel wild, or free, or any of the other emotions and longings I felt when I read those books. A Muslim girl does not make her own decisions or seek control. She is trained to be docile. If you are a Muslim girl, you disappear, until there is almost no you inside you. In Islam, becoming an individual is not a necessary development; many people, especially women, never develop a clear individual will. You submit: that is the literal meaning of the word islam: submission. The goal is to become quiet inside, so that you never raise your eyes, not even inside your mind. But”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel