Peg

“Say 'Nevermore,'" said Shadow.
"Fuck You," said the Raven.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.”
― Erin McKean

“Life's no piece of cake, mind you, but the recipe's my own to fool with.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.”
― Lillian Hellman