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“their heart grew cold
they let their wings down”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“you burn me”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“The night you asked me to marry you, you bought cherries at Lidl and told me they cost you six euros.”

“So?”

“You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?”

“So I’m a misogynist now?”

“It’s simply about not giving,” she said. “Whether it’s not giving us the vote or not giving help with the dishes—it’s all clitched to the same wagon.”

“Hitched,” Cathal said.

“What?”

“It’s not ‘clitched,’ ” he said. “It’s ‘hitched.’ ”

“You see?” she said. “Isn’t this just more of the same? You knew exactly what I meant—but you cannot even give me this much.”
― Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day

“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale