Emily

“I don’t like princesses,” the little girl piped up. “We live in a democracy.” She gestured at their daughter as if to say, “Exactly, she gets it!” “I like princesses!” said the little boy. “They’re good at singing.” “Good point.”
― Tracy Sierra, Nightwatching

“He was determined to be delicate with the girl so as not to frighten her. “Are you a whore?” he asked.”
― Isabel Allende, Lovers at the Museum

“Why had they refused to see the myriad ways they could hurt each other? Why had they not paused to interrogate their differences in birth, in raising, that meant they were not and could never be on the same side?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I don’t think you turn thirty and become immune to mistake-making or lesson-learning. You grow wiser (supposedly) but never omniscient. There’s always something you need to be taught, and so you keep learning and you keep growing up—until you’re dead.”
― Jessica George, Maame