Lilly Summer

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Bonnie Burstow, Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

“That’s a pretty heavy burden to bear, being everything for someone.”
― Krystal Sutherland, House of Hollow

“A woman's first blood doesn't come from between her legs but from biting her tongue.”
― Meggie C. Royer, The No You Never Listened To

“I would live alone for fifty years to have one day with you.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree