“If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
“They were monsters!" Rin shrieked. "They were not human!"
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
"Have you ever considered" he said slowly "that that was exactly what they thought of us?”
― The Poppy War
“White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both women and people of color and we are always seen and treated as such.”
― White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
― White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War
“Those tears may well be genuine, but that does not make them innocent and harmless: the opposite in fact.”
― White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
― White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
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