Joanne

“They had wounded me, but they would not have the satisfaction of knowing it. Their unkindness only had as much power as I gave it, and I would wrench back my tattered pride from beneath the soles of their feet because... it was all I had left.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“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.”
― Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

“If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Think about this. Abolishing gold will cost you the rich. Marrying me could cost you the poor as well." "Zilan," he said, taking my other hand. "I don't care if it costs me the world.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist