Erica

“All I can do is lean into the sun, plant wild dreams and hope they flower.”
― Angela Velez, Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams

“But he was already full.”
― Madeline Cash, Lost Lambs

“The real truth, the real red pill, is that the patriarchy serves none of us. It’s made you think you’re entitled to women’s time and bodies. That you should just have these things, regardless of who you are inside. Go out and do the work. Earn their time. Earn their trust. Try talking to women and seeing them as people rather than a commodity you should have because you’ve been born with a penis. Do some internal work. Ask yourself why no woman wants to be with you. Could it be because you’re a piece of shit? Has that crossed your mind? Maybe try not being a piece of shit. I bet it works better than any phoney advice I’ve ever come out with. Who knows, you might even end up feeling good about yourself too.”
― Katy Brent, I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin

“It seemed to me that to honor the sensitivity and peculiarity of my children—so that each could have as much space as possible to grow into his individual self—was the best I could do as a mother. Yes, I loved them, and I still love them, but more important than loving is understanding and respecting them, and this includes, more than anything else, understanding and respecting their choices to end their lives.”
― Yiyun Li, Things in Nature Merely Grow