Mathilda

“Then Sparrow can't rise any more. The string pulls tight, his wings flail and lose their lift, and he plummets, spiralling back down the way he came, past the moon, through the stars. [] Something's reeling him in, and he's falling, falling, falling [] straight back into the bruised and tender flesh of the boy, alone on the bed.”
― James Hynes, Sparrow

“Instead, I have the freedom of the unremarkable, the powerless, and the insignificant.”
― James Hynes, Sparrow

“Psychiatry is one of the patriarchy’s favored tools to control women.”
― Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women

“A spark embedded in a body meant for the use of others, shining for no one in the dark.”
― James Hynes, Sparrow