Jillian

“Theology is ultimately political. The way human communities deify the transcendent and determine the categories of good and evil have more to do with the power dynamics of the social systems which create the theologies than with the spontaneous revelation of truth from another quarter.”
― Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman

“At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?”
― Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman

“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.
“No” I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.”
"I can't.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
― Anonymous Greek Proverb