Ethan Higginbotham

“Clearly, men need new models for self-assertion that do not require the construction of an enemy “other,”
― bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“Love had raised them from the dead, and the heart of each held endless springs of life for the heart of the other.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“In patriarchal culture males are not allowed simply to be who they are and to glory in their unique identity. Their value is always determined by what they do. In an antipatriarchal culture males do not have to prove their value and worth. They know from birth that simply being gives them value, the right to be cherished and loved. I”
― bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”
― Frank Herbert, Children of Dune