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“History doesn’t record the intricacies of women’s relationships with one another; they’re not to be uncovered.”
― Sarah Penner, The Lost Apothecary

“Dear friend, You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only you there is. Don’t be afraid to leave the castle. It’s a great big world out there. Love, a fellow reader”
― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe

“My mother and her raised fist flashes in front of my eyes. I shrink away from Riley, shutting myself off, bracing myself.

There is the person people see on the outside, and then there is the person on the inside and then, even farther down, is that other buried person, a naked and silent creature, not used to light. I have it and now, here, I see it: Riley's hidden person.”
― Kathleen Glasgow, Girl in Pieces

“I'm tired of watching, and waiting, and expecting things to work out. It never works out. It never works unless you demand,

So here I am, demanding.”
― Amy Zhang, This Is Where the World Ends