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The Measure
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“That’s life!” Nina shouted. “Before the strings arrived, that was the chance anyone took when they got married, or when they had kids. There was no guarantee. But you still vowed in sickness and in health, not knowing which one you’d get,
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“While Wollen wasn’t wrong that society expects girls to swallow their sadness, sadness is still tolerated in a woman far more than anger. An angry woman is dangerous, unpredictable, uncontrollable. She must immediately be punished, shamed, or medicated back into complacency. Anger aims outward, disrupting systems and inconveniencing those in power, whereas we tend to turn our sadness inward, on ourselves—not bothering anyone or making a mess.”
― First Love: Essays on Friendship
― First Love: Essays on Friendship
“I mean that lots of people think that they’re nice because their lives are nice,” I said. “It’s nothing to be pleasant if you sleep in a warm bed, always have a full stomach, and spend your days among other pleasant people. That’s not goodness. That’s good living.”
― The Hedgewitch of Foxhall: An Epic Fantasy Featuring Dragons and Witches
― The Hedgewitch of Foxhall: An Epic Fantasy Featuring Dragons and Witches
“in fiction the story value holds dominance over every other facet of the writer's craft; characterization, theme, mood, none of those things is anything if the story is dull. And if the story does hold you, all else can be forgiven.”
― Night Shift
― Night Shift
“I’m a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the Pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep with a man, guilt if we say no. Guilt if we’re lucky enough to survive for no good reason. I’m so damned sick of it.”
― Killers of a Certain Age
― Killers of a Certain Age
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