♡Anne♡

“She’s sleeping on her side, huddled over in the corner, even though the rest of the bed is empty. Perhaps it’s because she’s used to making herself small. Perhaps it’s because she’s spent a lifetime making herself inconspicuous for men like my father and George.”
― Monika Kim, The Eyes Are the Best Part

“I don't think she understood half of what she was saying herself, but, after all, girls have to giggle, and after being a woman for three years I was about to become a girl.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“The only power he has is the power you are willing to give him, and you've given him nothing. Not a scrap. By the time you're done with him, he'll be begging for mercy. Who is he if he can't control you? Is he even a man anymore? It will seem like a relief when you give him a hand, even if that hand is holding a blade. And when you take everything from him, you can say what these men say about us: He was asking for it. He was begging for it. He must have wanted it since he didn't fight back.”
― Monika Kim, The Eyes Are the Best Part

“Be very careful. Hollywood was not built on dreams, it was build on favors from the devil, and the devil does not handle it well when those favors aren't paid back.”
― Stephanie Garber, Alchemy of Secrets