Steph (starrysteph)

“The greatest threat to her and her people were those who wielded their beliefs like weapons. Who sought to eradicate those whose beliefs were different from theirs–beliefs that threatened their supremacy.”
― Maddie Martinez, The Maiden and Her Monster

“my cancer saved me, because did you know it is actually really so fucking terrifying being invested in living?”
― Walela Nehanda, Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

“For the first time in my life, I found mirrors for myself. Daphne, and now him. It's bizarre to witness these parts of myself - whatever they are, for if they have names, I don't know them - separated. I tied them together in my mind, as if my inability to grasp the intricacies of other people means I failed to also grasp the meeting of my sex at a basic level; as if one thing caused the other. Headmaster seems to think they're one and the same. Mother and Father do too. To see them divided disproves that.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“Ah, but that's the thing about the Yahad and hope. We have always had to have it. I think we are more used to hanging on to it than many are led to believe. To be a Yahad and practice our religion is inherently hopeful, that one day, our people will be free.”
― Maddie Martinez, The Maiden and Her Monster