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“Women got that feeling about him, that funny one we all get when we know something isn't right, but we don't know how to politely extricate ourselves from the situation without escalating the threat of violence or harassment. That is not a skill women are taught, the same way men are not taught that it is okay to leave a woman alone if what she wants is to be left alone.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
“What looked like a snap to other people was actually an erosion of the surfaces that we built up for protection, and unfortunately people would rather dwell on the snap than the wearing.”
― Dominion
― Dominion
“As long as Ophelia had scruples, as long as she acted according to her conscience, as long as she could face up to her reflection every morning, she would belong to no one else but herself.”
― A Winter's Promise
― A Winter's Promise
“There’s no such thing as greater good—there’s just good, and the more of it we can do, the better.”
― The Teller of Small Fortunes
― The Teller of Small Fortunes
“The wood said, All woods join up with all other woods. All are one wood. And in that wood all times join up with all other times. All is one moment.”
― The Wood at Midwinter
― The Wood at Midwinter
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