Katka

“All these relationships between women, I thought, rapidly recalling the splendid gallery of fictitious women, are too simple. ... And I tried to remember any case in the course of my reading where two women are represented as friends. ... They are now and then mothers and daughters. But almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men. It was strange to think that all the great women of fiction were, until Jane Austen's day, not only seen by the other sex, but seen only in relation to the other sex. And how small a part of a woman's life is that ...”
― Virginia Wolf, A Room of One’s Own

“No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“You don’t like the word ‘friendship.’ What else is there?” I had no idea. I did a quick search on my archives and pulled out the first result. “Mutual administrative assistance?”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

“You haven't lived until you've seen a cookie look smug.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking