Sari

“Not at first. At first it feels like nothing. Like this hole that you’ve thrown some sand over. You can even cover it so well that it looks totally solid. Only it’s not and so you keep stumbling in. Over and over. A hundred falls a day. And yet, each time, you can’t believe that you forgot it was there.”
― Leah Scheier, The Last Words We Said

“It’s been a year. There’s been footage on the TV of riots in faraway and unstable parts of the world, of women taking whole cities. Daniel’s right. The critical thing isn’t that fifteen-year-old girls can do it: you could contain that. The thing is that they can wake up this power in some of the older women. It raises questions. How long has this been possible? How did no one know until now?”
― Naomi Alderman, The Power

“Carry with difficulty,” Mom said out loud, interrupting my train of thought. “What?” I said, distracted. “Six letters,” she said. “Carry with difficulty.” “Schlep,” I said.”
― Uzma Jalaluddin, Hana Khan Carries On

“After all, women didn’t have to stop their lives now, in this day and age, for babies. They could work in the office and work at home. They could work and work and work around the clock if they wanted! This was their right.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch