Kayelee

“Marianne wanted her life to mean something then, she wanted to stop all violence committed by the strong against the weak, and she remembered a time several years ago when she had felt so intelligent and young and powerful that she almost could have achieved such a thing, and now she knew she wasn’t at all powerful, and she would live and die in a world of extreme violence against the innocent, and at most she could help only a few people.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“We sometimes weep in front of the mirror not to inflame self-pity, but because we want to feel witnessed in our despair.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“What if female arousal is just the belief that you will not die at this mans hands?”
― Noor Naga, If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

“Stop bringing logic into an emotional argument.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame