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“Because you are a girl” is never a reason for anything. Ever.”
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
― Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“heel even gelukkig zijn, zo nu en dan,
vlak voordat ik val,
meer kan ik niet
maar misschien is dat wel echt gelukkig zijn
het enige echte gelukkig zjin
en hoort vallen daarbij”
― Het wezen van de olifant
vlak voordat ik val,
meer kan ik niet
maar misschien is dat wel echt gelukkig zijn
het enige echte gelukkig zjin
en hoort vallen daarbij”
― Het wezen van de olifant
“Sometimes I would like to be a child again, and other times a woman made of snow.”
― Tangleweed and Brine
― Tangleweed and Brine
“It chilled me to my marrow. Life never turns out how you imagine it will when you're young. Everything is smaller than you think, or too big. It all smells a little funny and fits like somebody else's shirt.”
― The Hazel Wood
― The Hazel Wood
“Our teacher made us write a story about what we want to be when we're big," Noah tells him.
"What did you write?"
"I wrote that I wanted to concentrate on being little first."
"That's a very good answer."
"Isn't it? I would rather be old than a grown-up. All grown-ups are angry, it's just children and old people who laugh."
"Did you write that?"
"Yes."
"What did your teacher say?"
"She said I hadn't understood the task."
"And what did you say?"
"I said she hadn't understood my answer.”
― And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"What did you write?"
"I wrote that I wanted to concentrate on being little first."
"That's a very good answer."
"Isn't it? I would rather be old than a grown-up. All grown-ups are angry, it's just children and old people who laugh."
"Did you write that?"
"Yes."
"What did your teacher say?"
"She said I hadn't understood the task."
"And what did you say?"
"I said she hadn't understood my answer.”
― And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
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