Patty Ray

“So like many women before and after me, I lived my life as a disguised criatura, creature. Like my kith and kin before me, I swagger-staggered in high heels, and I wore a dress and hat to church. But my fabulous tail often fell below my hemline, and my ears twitched until my hat pitched, at the very least, down over both my eyes, and sometimes clear across the room.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“clear conscience is usually
the sign of a bad memory. —STEVEN WRIGHT”
― Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right

“The predation of wolves and women by those who misunderstand them is strikingly similar.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

“I am yours to command, Agnes Amaranth.” Agnes feels a heady heat through her, like summer wine. Men really ought to try offers of fealty rather than flowers.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Once and Future Witches