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“Time is the axis on which the world spins. Humans count their lives in months and weeks, as if calculating the cumulative measure of their existence will somehow earn them more of it. Accidents occur in three clicks of the second hand. Hearts stop in a moment of time. But there are things that happen in the space between seconds. Worlds are built. Planets burn. Souls fade into the space between one instant and the next and memories fall to depths, lost to the silence and flames.”
― Hayley Gelfuso, The Book of Lost Hours

“When the going gets tough in any society, it is the most vulnerable who are accused of causing the damage.”
― Claire Mitchell, How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

“No matter how terrible, history must be learned from and remembered.”
― Claire Mitchell, How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

“The child cast out of the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”
― Marcus Kliewer, The Caretaker